Hello guys!
I would like to provide a solution for anyone who is having a problem updating the debian template on QubesOS. I’ve been trying to update for many days, and Debian just won’t update. Returned the message:
Updating debian-11 Error on updating debian-11: Command ‘[‘sudo’,
‘qubesctl’, ‘–skip-dom0’, ‘–targets=debian-11’, ‘–show-output’,
‘state.sls’, ‘update.qubes-vm’]’ returned non-zero exit status 20.
debian-11:
---------- ID: update Function: pkg.uptodate Result: False Comment:
Problem encountered upgrading packages. Additional info follows:
result: ---------- pid: 1711 retcode: 100 stderr:
Running scope as unit:
run-rf92cbced4a364bc8b5759b5c72905e21.scope E:
dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run
'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
stdout: Started: 23:46:38.569288 Duration: 9040.763
ms
Changes: ---------- ID: notify-updates Function: cmd.run Name:
/usr/lib/qubes/upgrades-status-notify
Result: True Comment: Command
"/usr/lib/qubes/upgrades-status-notify" run Started:
23:46:47.618830
Duration: 5413,652 msChanges: ---------- pid: 1714 retcode: 0
stderr: stdout:
Summary for debian-11 ------------ Succeeded: 1 (changed=1) Failed: 1
------------ Total states run: 2 Total run time: 14,454 s
The solution for this, assuming the time is correct on the system, is to open a terminal in Template: debian-11, accessible through the menu in Dom0, type the command:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
This topic is for newbies, as this solution is proposed in the error message itself, but the exact place to run the command is in a terminal in the debian template.