> On Feb 1, 2024, at 5:25 AM, anonym <ano...@riseup.net> wrote: > But, as already shown above, Tails allows you to customize it extensively > through the persistence feature. The Additional Software persistence feature > [3] allows you to keep any package from Debian installed and up-to-date, so > just install python3-pip and the other tools you like that way. > > [3] https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/ > >> A persistent storage feature for user installed python packages could also >> be designed to be a hook that adds the appropriate corresponding .local >> folders to the persistence.conf upon activation of the feature. > > It is not a documented feature any more (I think because of bugs like #19267) > but you can also make any folder persistent yourself. Start Tails with an > administration password, login, start a Root Terminal. > > This makes ~/.local persistent: > > echo '/home/amnesia/.local source=dot-local' \ > >> /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf > > You can do this multiple times, so this also makes the pip cache persistent: > > echo '/home/amnesia/.cache/pip source=pip-cache' \ > >> /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf > > The `source=pip-cache` part means that the data will be stored on the > persistent storage in `/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/pip-cache`, so > just make sure to never re-use the same source as any other line in that > file. You must restart Tails for lines added like this to take effect.
I strongly recommend *documenting* this capability (e.g., in "additional software"). There's no way this group can directly support all special needs, but documenting how people can self-help would be really valuable. A few specific examples of common cases (I'd put pip in that category) would be especially helpful. --- David A. Wheeler _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://www.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
