How to create a template
debian-13-xfce
Are there any other templates, if so, what are they called and how do you install them?
Clone deban-12-xfce template to deban-13-xfce.
In the terminal of deban-13-xfce template run these commands:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
sudo sed -i 's|bookworm|trixie|g' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
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Okay, I didn’t know that you create debian-13-xfce that way, that it is then displayed in the “[Dom0] Qubes Template Manager” for installation.
No, it won’t be displayed in the Qubes Template Manager.
The templates in the Qubes Template Manager are the ones present in the Qubes OS repository. Or if you’ve built the package yourself and installed it manually.
If you want to install the deban-13-xfce from the Qubes OS repository then you can’t, because it’s not released yet.
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A word of warning: make sure you have xen-utils-4.19 installed and make sure it stays installed!
I’m not sure how it happened, but at some point that package went missing (maybe an update removed it, or some package I installed? I certainly didn’t intentionally remove it!) and it caused me to get wedged.
This cause xendrivedomain.service to fail and so the qubes tools couldn’t communicate with the qube (no copying files in, no internet access). Plus, after 60 seconds it kills the qube making it tedious to debug (pop a console and type fast!). So there was no way to recover that qube, I just had to start over and upgrade a fresh clone of debian-12-xfce and try again.
If you want to avoid the potential hassle, make a backup (either a clone or using the Qubes backup tool).