I have now successfully installed Tor by your instructions. After you
spending so much time on it, I am almost embarrassed to say that I did know
how to install Tor the 'normal' way. But I didn't know your trick to add it
to the menu. I ad to manually make the /bin/ though.
Still, I will
This is an easy solution. I believe that the main difference to the solution
provided by chaosmonk is that the tar is extracted in a folder on the desktop
and no link and icon is created in the menu? Or is there more to it?
No need to "install", I never do.
Get the latest Tor-Browser here (portable executable).
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
Extract to ~/Desktop, and launch.
> Chaosmonk, I am sorry to take too much of your time, and I really
> appreciate your efforts. Thanks a lot.
No problem. I'll look into torbrowser-launcher more if I have the
chance, but for now the instructions in my last message should achieve
the same thing. (Assuming that you are the only
Chaosmonk, I am sorry to take too much of your time, and I really appreciate
your efforts. Thanks a lot.
> E: Unable to locate package python3-gpg
This package isn't present in Ubuntu 16.04 or Trisquel 8. I tried
several ways of getting it and ran into problems. I can't afford to
spend more time on this today. You could ask the dev for build
instructions for Ubuntu 16.04, or just do this:
$ wget
Thanks. Now I got a little further, but ran into a new problem:
~/Downloads/torbrowser-launcher$ sudo apt install build-essential dh-python
python3-all python3-stdeb python3-pyqt5 python3-gpg python3-requests
python3-socks gnupg2 tor
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
> but there is no torbrowser-launcher folder to cd to.
Make sure that git is installed
$ sudo apt install git
so that the command is successful.
> And from where should I
> cd to it? I don't know but is the right question: Where does git clone the
> source to?
The torbrowser-launcher
Thanks.
I have never tried to build from source before so let this be my first try.
I already had a beginners problem:
According to the guide the first steps are
git clone https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher.git
cd torbrowser-launcher
but there is no torbrowser-launcher folder
I've found the problem. See here:
https://launchpad.net/~micahflee/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages
The PPA does not have torbrowser-launcher packaged for Xenial, only
Bionic and Cosmic. Since Trisquel 8 is based on Xenial, there's no
package available.
If I were you I'd build it from source. The
This drives me crazy. As you can see from the screenshot attached above,
Micah's PPA is added, registered and recognised by trisquel. It is also shown
by
~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d
micahflee-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
But tha PPA seems to be not recognised when I try to install from it:
~$
Any error messages or warnings while updating?
> ~$ apt search torbrowser-launcher
What about "apt policy torbrowser-launcher"?
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
> What about "apt policy torbrowser-launcher"?
Sorry, just saw your second message. Just run 'apt update' again and
watch the output closely to see if there are any errors or warnings.
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
And the policy:
~$ apt policy torbrowser-launcher
torbrowser-launcher:
Installed: 0.2.4-1
Candidate: 0.2.4-1
Version table:
*** 0.2.4-1 500
500 http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel flidas/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
~$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d
micahflee-ubuntu-ppa-xenial.list
It seems to be regignised, but after a an 'apt update' I still get
~$ apt search torbrowser-launcher
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
torbrowser-launcher/flidas,now 0.2.4-1 amd64 [installed]
helps download and run the Tor
> Version table:
> *** 0.2.4-1 500
> 500 http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel flidas/main amd64
Okay, indeed the package manager does not find the PPA's version of the
package.
Based on the screenshot you attached earlier it seems like you really
did add the PPA, but run
$ ls
~$ apt policy torbrowser-launcher
torbrowser-launcher:
Installed: 0.2.4-1
Candidate: 0.2.4-1
Version table:
*** 0.2.4-1 500
500 http://es.archive.trisquel.info/trisquel flidas/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
What is the output of
$ apt policy torbrowser-launcher
?
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
Thanks. I got this output:
~$ apt search torbrowser-launcher
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
torbrowser-launcher/flidas,now 0.2.4-1 amd64 [installed]
helps download and run the Tor Browser Bundle
I suppose it means that the version from the PPA is not accessible somehow?
As can be
It seems that the version from the PPA is not even accessible:
~$ apt search torbrowser-launcher
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
torbrowser-launcher/flidas,now 0.2.4-1 amd64 [installed]
helps download and run the Tor Browser Bundle
> Can the given issue be caused by the same application being present in
> both the repo and a PPA?
No, The version that is not installed should have no effect on your
system.
> How can I make sure, that Trisquel installs from the PPA and not the repo?
The package manager will default to the
Should I use torbrowser-launcher instead of just downloading it from
Tor's website and running it from the archive?
PPAs usually take precedence over the system repos, so the PPA should
be what's installed.
To check, you can do "apt search torbrowser-launcher" at the command
line. If one of the packages are installed, you should see
"[installed]" next to the package listing, like:
cal@flexo:~$ apt search
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