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You can convert your existing Debian buster installation into Kicksecure by installing the Kicksecure deb package. This is also called distro-morphing.

There is no downloadable iso yet but there will be one in the future. For now, install Debian on your host or inside a VM. Then install Kicksecure on top.

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Install package(s) mmdebstrap following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 Install the mmdebstrap package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends option is in most cases optional.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt install --no-install-recommends mmdebstrap

4 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) mmdebstrap is complete.

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It is required to add the signing key on the host because mmdebstrap will need it.

(Users of Whonix and Kicksecure could skip this step since the signing key is there by default.)

Key could be removed at the end. (Except Whonix and Kicksecure should not do this unless they upgrade from source code.)

Complete the following steps to add the Kicksecure Signing Key to the system's APT keyring.

Open a terminal.

1. Package curl needs to be installed.

Install package(s) curl following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: In Template.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the system.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 Install the curl package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends option is in most cases optional.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt install --no-install-recommends curl

4 Platform specific notice.

• Kicksecure: No special notice.
• Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template Modification.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) curl is complete.

2. Download Kicksecure Signing Key.

Choose your operating system.

• A : Debian
• B : Qubes

A : Debian

If you are using Debian, run.

Choose TLS or onion.

• TLS (Debian)
• onion (Debian)

TLS (Debian)

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo curl --tlsv1.3 --output /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc --url https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc

onion (Debian)

Downloading over onion requires an already functional system Tor.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo torsocks curl --output /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc --url http://www.w5j6stm77zs6652pgsij4awcjeel3eco7kvipheu6mtr623eyyehj4yd.onion/keys/derivative.asc

B : Qubes

If you are using a Qubes Debian Template, run.

Choose TLS or onion.

• TLS (Qubes)
• onion (Qubes)

TLS (Qubes)

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082 https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8082 curl --tlsv1.3 --output /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc --url https://www.kicksecure.com/keys/derivative.asc

onion (Qubes)

Downloading over onion requires an already functional system Tor.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo torsocks curl --output /usr/share/keyrings/derivative.asc --url http://www.w5j6stm77zs6652pgsij4awcjeel3eco7kvipheu6mtr623eyyehj4yd.onion/keys/derivative.asc

3. Users can check Kicksecure Signing Key for better security.

4. Done.

The procedure of adding the Kicksecure signing key is now complete.

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