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Disable Whonix APT Repository

If you have build Whonix from Source Code

Since Whonix version 7.3.3 if you have build Whonix from source code, by default, Whonix's APT Repository does not get added. (Unless you opted in using a build configuration.) You can still verify, that it already is disabled, though.

If you are using the Default-Download-Version

If Whonix is already installed, you can disable Whonix's APT repository using the graphical Whonix Repository tool.

(Whonix 7.3.3 and above)

Start Menu -> Applications -> System -> Whonix Repository -> "Deactivate Whonix Repository"

Or in terminal. (Whonix 6 and above.)

whonix_repository --disable

Feel free to verify this.

Verify Disabled Whonix Apt Repository

If you want to check, if disabling Whonix's apt repository was successful, you can run the following tests.

Use apt-key.

sudo apt-key finger

It should not show any Whonix specific keys, it should not show adrelanos's OpenPGP key.

Have a look if /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list exists. If it doesn't exist, everything is fine.

If you are extra paranoid, see footnote. [1]

Footnotes / References

  1. The following isn't necessary, because the whonix_repository tool has never wrote another sources.list file other than /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list. Examine your /etc/apt/sources.list.
    cat /etc/apt/sources.list
    

    It should not include Whonix's APT Repository.

    Examine your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ folder as well.

    cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
    

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