This package contains several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/dpkg/origins/whonix, /etc/skel/.bashrc, /usr/bin/whonix, and others.
Anonymized operating system user name user, /etc/hostname, /etc/hosts,
/etc/machine-id, /var/lib/dbus/machine-id, which should be shared among
all anonymity distributions. See also:
- https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-January/002457.html
- https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/5655
- http://lists.autistici.org/message/20140627.215105.24023267.en.html
Sets the WHONIX environment variable to 1 as well.
Ships marker files:
- /usr/share/whonix/marker
- /usr/share/anon-dist/marker
1. Download the APT Signing Key.
wget https://www.whonix.org/keys/derivative.asc
Users can check the Signing Key for better security.
2. Add the APT Signing Key.
sudo cp ~/derivative.asc /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc
3. Add the derivative repository.
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc] https://deb.whonix.org bookworm main contrib non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/derivative.list
4. Update your package lists.
sudo apt-get update
5. Install whonix-base-files.
sudo apt-get install whonix-base-files
Can be build using standard Debian package build tools such as:
dpkg-buildpackage -b
See instructions.
NOTE: Replace generic-package with the actual name of this package whonix-base-files.
- A) easy, OR
- B) including verifying software signatures
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