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Could someone tell me, step by step, exactly, how should I install correctly Tor Browser Bundle in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

also, how can I be sure that it is working properly?

Thanks

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  • You download it from the Tor site, extract the file, and then run the program.
    – Nattgew
    Apr 11, 2014 at 15:34
  • I did it. But I have problems checking the signature. It says (in the terminal): can't verify signature. cannot open file.....
    – janina
    Apr 11, 2014 at 16:19
  • Post the command you are running to get that error.
    – Nattgew
    Apr 11, 2014 at 16:20
  • ~$ gpg --fingerprint 0x63FEE659 pub 2048R/63FEE659 2003-10-16 Key fingerprint = 8738 A680 B84B 3031 A630 F2DB 416F 0610 63FE E659 uid Erinn Clark <[email protected]> uid Erinn Clark <[email protected]> uid Erinn Clark <[email protected]> sub 2048R/EB399FD7 2003-10-16 xyz@xyz-ESPRIMO-Mobile-V6545:~$ gpg --verify tor-browser-2.2.33-2_en-US.exe.asc tor-browser-2.2.33-2_en-US.exe gpg: can't open `tor-browser-2.2.33-2_en-US.exe.asc' gpg: verify signatures failed: file open error
    – janina
    Apr 11, 2014 at 16:25
  • I replaced 2.2.33-2 with 3.5.4 but sstill error.
    – janina
    Apr 11, 2014 at 16:25

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When checking the signature of the download, the signature should be checked against the .tar.xz.asc file, corresponding to the .tar.xz archive. As explained on the Tor page, This should include the following message:

gpg: Good signature

Once the signature is verified, the archive can be extracted. This can be done by right clicking and selecting the "Extract" option.

Navigating into this folder will then allow running Tor. The .exe file is for use under Windows. The start-tor-browser is a script that will run under Ubuntu to start Tor.

This will give three options: Terminal, Display, and Run.

  • Terminal will run the script in a terminal, which is useful if you want to see output from the script
  • Display will just open the script for editing with a text editor
  • Run will just run the script like any other program

Run is fine unless you are troubleshooting or need to see something that is shown in the terminal.

It should not ask you for a password. Programs that do important tasks like installing software need to ask permission to do so, which is why Software Center and others might ask for a password. The Tor browser shouldn't need any extra permissions.

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