Whonix update error caused by expired release file

[andrewdavidwong]

On 2017-11-20 10:55, Adrian Rocha wrote:

Hi,

When I try to update my Whonix gateway I have the following error:

user@host:~$ sudo apt-get update 
Hit http://deb.whonix.org jessie InRelease                                     
Hit http://deb.qubes-os.org jessie InRelease                                   
E: Release file for http://deb.whonix.org/dists/jessie/InRelease is expired (invalid since 4h 5min 45s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
user@host:~$

I tried to clean the cache, change the URL protocol to https, but the error continues. Any ideas?

Full thread:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/wbT5XnzJAnM/discussion

CC: @adrelanos

[adrelanos]

Fixed.

[andrewdavidwong]

On 2019-01-02, a Qubes user wrote:

so i just installed qubes, and tried to updatee templatevm.

but the whonix wasnt able to finish update.

the error was "Release file for http://deb.whonix.org/dists/jessie/InRelease is expired (invalid since 4d 0h 42min 18s). Updates for this repository will not be applied."

is this a problem in the os, network, or server?

[adrelanos]

I doubt still relevant, please close.

[TibebeJS]

having the same issue while updating both whonix-ws or whonix-gw template-vms in Qubes v4

E: Release file for http://deb.whonix.org/dists/jessie/InRelease is expired (invalid since 202d 1h 55min 26s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

[adrelanos]

You are a few years too late with updates.
jessie based Whonix was Whonix 13.
stretch based Whonix was Whonix 14.
buster based Whonix is Whonix 15.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Stay_Tuned

[TibebeJS]

thanks.. will try to update my system.

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On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 5:36 AM Patrick Schleizer ***@***.***> wrote: You are a few years too late with updates. jessie based Whonix was Whonix 13. stretch based Whonix was Whonix 14. buster based Whonix is Whonix 15. https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Stay_Tuned — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3323?email_source=notifications&email_token=AK3P44Q5MVOCDRPU66VODVLQAGDKLA5CNFSM4EEUVAM2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOD2LEIWI#issuecomment-513164377>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AK3P44W6EEZHYAPKHSLFSFLQAGDKLANCNFSM4EEUVAMQ> .

[heinrich-ulbricht]

And here is another one. I did a fresh Qubes OS 4 installation a few days ago and followed the post-installation advice given here: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/ This means I ran:

$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community --action=upgrade qubes-template-whonix-gw-14
$ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community --action=upgrade qubes-template-whonix-ws-14

Now I try to update whonix-gw-14 and whonix-ws-14 and get this:

Reading package lists...
E: Release file for tor+http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/dists/stretch/InRelease is expired (invalid since 2d 16h 49min 25s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.
E: Release file for http://deb.whonix.org/dists/stretch/InRelease is expired (invalid since 2d 16h 49min 26s). Updates for this repository will not be applied.

Did something change 2 days ago? So far I followed along the documentation of getting Qubes OS 4 up and running.

(Should I open a new ticket?)

[adrelanos]

Whonix 14 is deprecated.

https://forums.whonix.org/t/whonix-15-has-been-released/7616

https://forums.whonix.org/tags/important-news

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Stay_Tuned

[heinrich-ulbricht]

What would you suggest I do? File issues for documentation update? Update to Whonix 15? Looking at issue #5108 it might also be worth waiting for Qubes 4.0.2. Furthermore this issue #5183 indicates there might be problems when updating Whonix from 14 to 15.

What would you do?

[andrewdavidwong]

What would you suggest I do?

I suggesting installing Whonix 15 afresh:

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install

File issues for documentation update?

Sorry about the page being out-of-date. Yes, please do.

Update to Whonix 15?

Yes, I'd suggest doing it fresh (https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install) rather than trying to upgrade from 14.

Looking at issue #5108 it might also be worth waiting for Qubes 4.0.2.

Yes, that's another option, but it's not really necessary to wait.

Furthermore this issue #5183 indicates there might be problems when updating Whonix from 14 to 15.

What would you do?

Personally, I opted to install Whonix 15 fresh (https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install) rather than attempt an in-place upgrade. I felt that this was simpler and less error-prone, and I didn't have a need to upgrade in-place.

[brendanhoar]

I did the same thing (uninstalled 14, installed 15), yesterday, after the most recent TB update failed to work correctly in 14.