[qubes-users] Unable to install templates in Qubes OS 4.1beta

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Hello,

I have setup Qubes 4.1 on my Surface and now I am running into issues trying to install more templates.
sys-net is set as Dom0 Update VM and I am also able to search for packages and they get listed correctly.

[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=search qubes-template-
Using sys-net as UpdateVM to download updates for Dom0; this may take some time…

Strangely the output (listed packages) is not shown in dom0 but in the sys-net in a windows with sh as shell.
The first line says: Converting database from bdb_ro to sqlite backend
Then I get a list of the templates.

… but if I try install via:
[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-fedora-33

… I can see that it will download the package but I get:

Using sys-net as UpdateVM to download updates for Dom0; this may take some time…
Last metadata expiration check: -1 day, 21:47:12 ago on Mon 11 Oct 2021 05:49:33 PM CEST.
No match for argument: qubes-template-fedora-33
Error: Unable to find a match: qubes-template-fedora-33

Any idea where I can look for the root cause as I am a bit desparate.

One7two99

2

The output appearing in sys-net is a new security feature in 4.1.
The "converting database" line is to be expected (but annoying on each
run with a disposable)

I'm not sure why you see "Unable to find a match".
The obvious reason would be that you already have a fedora-33 template
installed.

What do you mean by - "I can see that it will download the package"?

3

Just a guess here. Is it possible that sys-net is running out of disk space from the download and has the matching problem because it wasn't physically downloaded?

In any case you might try cleaning the cache with the --clean option and then rerunning the download/install.

4

Hello Steve,

thanks for the reply, can you provide more details what you mean by that:

[…] In any case you might try cleaning the cache with the --clean option and
then rerunning the download/install.

do you mean ‘sudo dnf clean all’ in dom0 ?

one7two99

5

Regardless of the issue above, I recommend using new qvm-template tool
instead.

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab