Qubes-vpn-support on Debian 11 minimal: required packages

PumpkinEscobar · January 7, 2022, 10:41pm

I now have Qubes-vpn-support with Wireguard working from a Debian 11 minimal template but I’m not able to get the LINK IS UP popup which works for me on a full template. Does anybody know what packages I need to add to get that popup working?

Additionally it would be nice to have a definitive list of all the packages needed on top of Debian 11 minimal to get Qubes-vpn-support working. I installed a number of things based on the minimal template documentation which was very helpful, but perhaps I added some unnecessary ones.

Thanks to @tasket and many others for the wonderful contributions on VPN support in Qubes.

ephile · January 7, 2022, 11:01pm

if you’re using xfce, try installing xfce4-notifyd

PumpkinEscobar · January 7, 2022, 11:35pm

That was it! Thanks very much.

Quser59 · March 6, 2022, 1:35pm

I have a guide here, which details the bare minimum packages and also how to properly setup a DisposableVM to save your configuration files if you wish.

github.com

rootnoob/rootnoob/blob/main/qubes/minimal-vpn.md

# Qubes Minimal VPN


# Linux

<h2>Debian 11 Minimal</h2>  

1) Copy debian-11-minimal template, I shall name mine 'deb11-min-vpn'.    

2) Run terminal as root on deb11-min-vpn (run this command from Dom0 terminal)  
`qvm-run deb11-min-vpn xterm -u root`  

3) Install the following packages inside the template:  
qubes-core-agent-networking  
qubes-core-agent-network-manager  
Mandatory Packages:  
`sudo apt-get install qubes-core-agent-networking qubes-core-agent-network-manager`  
For OpenVPN:  
`sudo apt-get install openvpn`  
`sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome`

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