TOR-Browser

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Hey,
Anyone know how to install Tor-browser in opensuse Leap 42.1 KDE step-by-step?
I have the download .tar.xz file so far but not sure how to extract it so I can install.

2

Would love to know more about this also.

3

Done in KDE Plasma 5.
TOR browser isn’t installable I think. I extracted the “start-tor-browser.desktop” and the folder “Browser” from tar.xz into bin folder.
Then open the bin folder with dolphin and start “start-tor-browser.desktop”.
After that you can start from terminal, you only have to write “start-tor-browser.desktop”.
Or you can copy/move the “start-tor-browser.desktop” to desktop folder.

4

Hi
Can anyone put mirror download link tor browser here?
I can’t download from official site?

5

Homepage https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
tar.xz link https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/5.0.4/tor-browser-linux64-5.0.4_en-US.tar.xz
beta version https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/5.5a4/tor-browser-linux64-5.5a4_en-US.tar.xz

(Good Lucia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy's_Day) :smiley:

6

Thanks
but i can’t download from official site “torproject”
if you have other mirror download link for “tor-owser-linux64-5.0.4_en-US.tar.xz”
please put here

7

Where are you located? If that can help in giving you a list. :wink:

8

Download <file>.tar.xz file.
Right click tar.xz file and extract.
Open extracted folder and run Tor Browser.

9

The Tor start up script takes a register app option that adds Tor to the KDE Menu (Alt F1).

./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app
Launching ‘./Browser/start-tor-browser --detach --register-app’…
Tor Browser has been registered as a desktop app for this user in ~/.local/share/applications/

10

Hi All.
I have a problem with launch of TOR.
Tor was downloaded and copyed into my home directory /bin/tor-browser_ru.

My code is

~/bin/tor-browser_ru> ./start-tor-browser.desktop
Launching './Browser/start-tor-browser --detach'...

But nothing is launch.
Where is my error?

11

Hi
What desktop environment are you using?

What if you try;


cd Browser
./start-tor-browser

Any errors in the terminal?

12

XFCE

kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ./start-tor-browser
kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser>

Nothing happens.

Thanks for your help!

13

Hi
OK, add the verbose option;


./start-tor-browser --verbose

Have no issues here with the en-US version starting and popping up the type of connection window.

14

Hi buddy! Thanks for --verbose option. It will be experience for me.
After this option I got this answer

kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ./start-tor-browser --verbose
./start-tor-browser: line 367: ./firefox: Access Denied

After that I’m opened file “start-tor-browser” and looked at the string number 367 (Bold text) and whole block of the code

# We pass all additional command-line arguments we get to Firefox.
#
# The --class parameter was added to fix bug 11102.

if  "$show_usage" -eq 1 ]; then
    # Display Firefox help, then our help
    TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \
        -profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default --help 2>/dev/null
    tbb_usage
elif  "$detach" -eq 1 ] ; then
    TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \
       -profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}" > "$logfile" 2>&1 </dev/null &
    disown "$!"
elif  "$log_output" -eq 1 -a "$show_output" -eq 1 ]; then
    **TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \**
        -profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}" 2>&1 </dev/null | \
        tee "$logfile"
elif  "$show_output" -eq 1 ]; then
    TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \
        -profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}" < /dev/null
else
    TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD=${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD} ./firefox --class "Tor Browser" \
        -profile TorBrowser/Data/Browser/profile.default "${@}" > "$logfile" 2>&1 </dev/null
fi

exit $?

Do you know how do I solve this problem?

15

Hi
So you haven’t been playng with file permissions? The firefox file in the Browser directory should be 0700?

=
ll firefox
-rwx------ 1 username users 113344 Dec 31  1999 firefox
16

No, I’m just extracted folder and copied his in /bin. I don’t understand why you wrote me that permission should be 0700. I done this and look at my terminal now :wink:

kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> chmod 0700 firefox
kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ll firefox
-rwx------ 1 kda users 113344 фев  1 21:11 firefox
kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ./start-tor-browser --verbose

(process:14680): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
No protocol specified
Error: cannot open display: :0.0

After that I set up new permission for file ‘firefox’

kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> chmod ug=rwx,o=r firefox
kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ll firefox
-rwxrwxr-- 1 kda users 113344 фев  1 21:11 firefox

But the result is bad

kda@FreeMachine:~/bin/tor-browser_ru/Browser> ./start-tor-browser --verbose

(process:14732): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed
No protocol specified
Error: cannot open display: :0.0
17

Hi
So you have other issues if it can’t find the display… I suggest you delete the tor directory, logout, login and re-extract the tor tarball and try again.

18

Man, I don’t know what happened, but tor is launch! I don’t know what helped… but I’m happy anyway :wink:

My steps:

  1. Deleted folder in /bin.
  2. Logout.
  3. Extracted tarball in /bin.
  4. Double click on the start-tor-browser.desktop

Yesterday I done this steps, but only today it’s really works.

**malcolmlewis, **my personal thks for you.