How to install tor?

Question

I tried to install tor on my new version of ubuntu but it seems that tor is not available in repositories , how else can I do it?

Answer 1

• Use applications which support Tor

  You can install Tor on Ubuntu by executing the following commands in a Terminal:

  sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 886DDD89
  sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org $(lsb_release -s -c) main"
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get -y install tor-geoipdb
  

  Now you can start Tor by pressing Alt+F2 and entering tor. Applications that support a proxy can now be set up to use address localhost, port 9050 as a SOCKS proxy.

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• Surf the web anonymously

  If you just want to browse the web anonymously or access .onion domains (so-called hidden services), the recommended and simplest way is to use the Tor Browser Bundle:

  1. Download Tor Browser bundle
  2. Extract the downloaded archive
  3. click on the file "start-tor-browser".

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• Advanced setup

  If you still want to torify your existing browser and surf anonymously, you can install polipo

  sudo apt-get install polipo
  sudo cp /etc/polipo/config /etc/polipo/config.bak
  sudo wget -O /etc/polipo/config https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowser.git/blob_plain/ae4aa49ad9100a50eec049d0a419fac63a84d874:/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf
  sudo service polipo restart
  

  Set the browser proxy settings to localhost and port 8123. Check if the settigns are correct by visiting https://check.torproject.org.

Answer 2

Source

Tor browser Ubuntu PPA

• 32-bit

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install tor-browser

• 64-bit

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor64

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install tor-browser

Always needed the command:

sudo chown $USER -R ~/.tor-browser/

Run from dash or terminal

tor-browser

Answer 3

https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix.html.en

Step One: Download and Install Tor

The latest release of Tor can be found on the download page. We have packages for Debian, Red Hat, Gentoo, *BSD, etc there too. If you're using Ubuntu, don't use the default packages: use our deb repository instead. Similarly, CentOS / Fedora / OpenSUSE users should use our rpm repository instead.

If you're building from source, first install libevent, and make sure you have openssl and zlib (including the -devel packages if applicable). Then run:

tar xzf tor-0.2.3.25.tar.gz; cd tor-0.2.3.25 ./configure && make

Now you can run tor as src/or/tor, or you can run make install (as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can start it just by running tor.

Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of the settings. Tor is now installed.

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Please pay attention to the warning in bold

The advised method of installing:

add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

 deb     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main

where you put the codename of your distribution (i.e. lenny, sid, maverick or whatever it is) in place of . Then add the gpg key used to sign the packages by running the following commands at your command prompt:

gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -

Now refresh your sources, running the following command at your command prompt:

sudo apt-get update

If there are no errors you're good to continue. We provide a Debian package to help you keep our signing key current. It is recommended you use it. Install it using

sudo apt-get install deb.torproject.org-keyring

To finally install Tor just run:

sudo apt-get install tor

Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.

Answer 4

Add this line:

deb     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main

to the /etc/apt/sources.list file, using sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.

Also, I find it easier to just download the tor browser bundle and unpack it. You get manual updates, but it informs you when there's a new version.

Answer 5

Tor's project page had this to say:

You'll need to set up our package repository before you can fetch Tor. First, you need to figure out the name of your distribution. If you're using Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.04, it's "karmic", while 9.04 is "jaunty", 8.10 is "intrepid", and 8.04 is "hardy". If you're using Debian Etch, it's "etch", and Debian Lenny is "lenny". Then add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main

where you put the codename of your distribution (i.e. etch, lenny, sid, karmic, jaunty, intrepid, hardy or whatever it is) in place of .

Then add the gpg key used to sign the packages by running the following commands at your command prompt:

gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89
gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -

Now refresh your sources and install Tor by running the following commands at your command prompt:

apt-get update
apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb

Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.

The DNS name deb.torproject.org is actually a set of independent servers in a DNS round robin configuration. If you for some reason cannot access it you might try to use the name of one of its part instead. Try deb-master.torproject.org, mirror.netcologne.de or tor.mirror.youam.de.