Trouble installing Signal on Whonix 18 Qubes 4.3

[signalproblems09]

I made a post before, sadly, the spam filter removed the post.

I am using the instructions here:

Download Signal for Linux

wget doesn’t seem to work I recall from 4.2 / Whonix 17, so I copied this from my previous Qubes install:

curl -sx 127.0.0.1:8082 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee -a /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
WARNING: Tor proxy doesn't seem to be functional. Stream isolation will be disabled.

Before I write more errors and the filter removes my post, this seems to be the crux of the problem.

Tor proxy doesn’t seem to be functional, stream isolation will be disabled.

Trying the step #1 on the signal instructions results in this:

wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg;
cat signal-desktop-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

Any and all help is much appreciated.

Edit: tried the first command (curl one) in a sysmaint sudo allowing xterm terminal, same Tor proxy doesn’t seem to be functional error.

[corny]

@signalproblems09

Before I write more errors and the filter removes my post, this seems to be the crux of the problem.

I see sudo in some of your cli command so at least part of your issue could be to do with the user/root change in whonix 18

Whonix 18: Using sudo/getting permission

Note: I’m creating this to have something to easily link to when whonix 18 sudo/permissions questions are asked. Feel free to make corrections/suggestions especially for best practices. The whonix documentation suggests sysmaint but that causes all kinds of issues when you want to make the change in user not sysmaint. Sysmaint seems to be for updating mostly. I’d like to know the best practice for when you want to install an application in a whonix 18 ws appVM, or mount a USB drive, or unlock …

[signalproblems09]

@signalproblems09

curl -sx 127.0.0.1:8082 https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee -a /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

I can’t copy paste in xterm.

Why have the developers insisted on making whonix as unusuable as possible? I have to type all these commands by hand, what a joke.

I can’t run QTerminal with that sysmaint command.

Getting a bit sick of this. What is the easiest way to copy paste commands in to a terminal that allows sudo…

Edit: I started writing the command by hand and thankfully I was able to autofill.

I receive the same error message even with a sysmaint terminal - Tor proxy doesn’t seem to be functional.

Surely someone else has installed Signal on Whonix 18 + Qubes 4.3!?

[otter2]

@signalproblems09

I can’t run QTerminal with that sysmaint command.

How does it fail? Should be able to qvm-run -u sysmaint qterminal

[marcos-morar]

If you are using Whonix 18, you don’t need to do anything special to use the sysmaint user.

Simply open qterminal in the whonix-workstation-18 template, and it will open by default as the sysmaint user. Sudo commands will work unless you have made changes yourself to the Boot mode settings.

[marcos-morar]

@signalproblems09

I can’t copy paste in xterm.

You can copy paste in Xterm using Shift + Insert on keyboard