aptitude is not working in Whonix VMs

[starius]

Qubes OS version:

R4.0

Affected component(s):

Whonix

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Open Konsole in whonix-gw or whonix-ws and type sudo aptitude update

Expected behavior:

I expect the command to work.

Actual behavior:

The command fails.

At the same time, apt-get works in Whonix. Also, on Debian both apt-get and aptitude work.

[marmarek]

@adrelanos ?

[marmarek]

@adrelanos ?

[adrelanos]

Maybe uwt issue.

https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/blob/master/etc/uwt.d/40_qubes.conf#L70

What if you run sudo aptitude-curses update directly, does that work?

~ $ ls -la /usr/bin/aptitude
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Aug  9  2016 /usr/bin/aptitude -> /etc/alternatives/aptitude

~ $ ls -la /etc/alternatives/aptitude
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Aug  9  2016 /etc/alternatives/aptitude -> /usr/bin/aptitude-curses

Looks same for you?

[adrelanos]

Maybe uwt issue.

https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/blob/master/etc/uwt.d/40_qubes.conf#L70

What if you run sudo aptitude-curses update directly, does that work?

~ $ ls -la /usr/bin/aptitude
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Aug  9  2016 /usr/bin/aptitude -> /etc/alternatives/aptitude

~ $ ls -la /etc/alternatives/aptitude
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Aug  9  2016 /etc/alternatives/aptitude -> /usr/bin/aptitude-curses

Looks same for you?

[starius]

What if you run sudo aptitude-curses update directly, does that work?

No, I see the same errors:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages:
Cannot initiate the connection to 127.0.0.1:8082 (127.0.0.1). - connect (1: Operation not permitted)

Looks same for you?

Yes.

I did not change anything in Whonix templates - it happened right after installation of Qubes 4.

[starius]

What if you run sudo aptitude-curses update directly, does that work?

No, I see the same errors:

W: Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/jessie/updates/contrib/binary-amd64/Packages:
Cannot initiate the connection to 127.0.0.1:8082 (127.0.0.1). - connect (1: Operation not permitted)

Looks same for you?

Yes.

I did not change anything in Whonix templates - it happened right after installation of Qubes 4.

[adrelanos]

Note to self: works in Qubes-Whonix 14 / Qubes R3.2

[adrelanos]

Note to self: works in Qubes-Whonix 14 / Qubes R3.2

[adrelanos]

This is fixed in Qubes-Whonix 14 after upgrades. Please test.

[adrelanos]

This is fixed in Qubes-Whonix 14 after upgrades. Please test.

[starius]

I upgraded everything using Qube Manager and restarted the VM. Still getting that error.
How to check the Whonix version I am using?

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Whonix
Description:    Whonix GNU/Linux 8.10 (jessie)
Release:        8.10
Codename:       jessie

[starius]

I upgraded everything using Qube Manager and restarted the VM. Still getting that error.
How to check the Whonix version I am using?

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Whonix
Description:    Whonix GNU/Linux 8.10 (jessie)
Release:        8.10
Codename:       jessie

[adrelanos]

Expected. You're on stable rather than testers-only version. Fixed inQubes-Whonix 14 after upgrades only.

[adrelanos]

Expected. You're on stable rather than testers-only version. Fixed inQubes-Whonix 14 after upgrades only.