David A. Wheeler: >
>> On Feb 1, 2024, at 5:25 AM, anonym <anonym@???> 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.
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>> This makes ~/.local persistent:
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>> 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
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