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Objective
In this guide I will show you how to install Tor Browser on your Linux computer.
Using Tor Browser you can prevent your internet service provider to surveil your online activity. With Tor Browser you can route around the internet censorship of your local government, and exercise your right to free information. Lastly, using Tor Browser you can reach hidden websites and hidden services that live completely on the onion network.
In this guide Lubuntu 23.10 x86_64 is used as the Linux distribution.
Setup
Get the software
On your internet browser visit https://www.torproject.org/download/ address. Click on the Download for Linux button.
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On the pop-up window make sure the Save File option is selected, and then click on the OK button.
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Leave the destination folder in its default setting, and then click on the Save button.
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Wait for the download process to complete.
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On the same webpage, now, click on the Signature link.
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On the pop-up window make sure the Save File option is selected, and then click on the OK button.
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Leave the destination folder in its default setting, and then click on the Save button.
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Wait for the download process to complete. After the download completes, click on the folder icon.
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You will have a file manager window that presents you the files that you downloaded. Inside the file manager window, with your mouse, Right click > Open in Terminal.
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Inside the terminal window, first type the following:
$ ls -lh
You should see the Tor Browser files we downloaded. Then, type the following:
$ mv * -t ~
This command will move the downlaoded files to your Home directory.
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Inside the same Terminal window, first type cd and press Enter.
This will move you to your Home directory. Then, type ls -lh
command and see that Tor Browser files are in there.
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Now, you will download the signing key for Tor Browser. For that, in your Terminal window, type the following:
$ gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrowser@torproject.org
After that command, you should see the following output in your Terminal window:
gpg: key 4E2C6E8793298290: public key "Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser@torproject.org>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1
pub rsa4096 2014-12-15 [C] [expires: 2025-07-21]
EF6E286DDA85EA2A4BA7DE684E2C6E8793298290
uid [ unknown] Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser@torproject.org>
sub rsa4096 2021-09-17 [S] [expires: 2024-02-19]
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In order to verify the signature file, in your Terminal window, type the following command:
$ gpg --verify torbrowser-linux-x86_64-13.0.8.tar.xz.asc
In the output, in your Terminal window, you should see a line that begins with "Good signature from "Tor Browser Developers [...]". This tells you that the Tor Browser file you downloaded is legitimate.
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Install the software
In the same Terminal window, type the following command:
$ tar xvf tor-browser-linux-x86_64-13.0.8.tar.xz
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Tor Browser files will be extracted into the ~/tor-browser/
directory. Use the cd ~/tor-browser/ command to navigate into that
directory. In there, use the ls command and see the file
start-tor-browser.desktop. Then, in the same Terminal, type the
following command:
$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app
You should see a line that begins with Tor Browser has been registered as [...] on your Terminal.
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After that, you will find the Tor Browser on your start menu.
Run the software
Click on your start menu on your desktop. On Lubuntu, when clicked on the start menu, Tor Browser is located under the "Internet" menu. Click on it and start Tor Browser.
When Tor Browser first starts you will be presented with a window like below. On this window enable Always connect automatically option, and then click on the Connect button.
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Wait for Tor Browser to connect to the Tor network.
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After the connection gets established, you will see window like below. Here, enable the Onionize option and enter a search term into the bar.
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The webpage you see now is the DuckDuckGo search engine on the Tor
network. The onion lock you see on the address bar shows that you are
visiting a hidden website on the Tor network. Such websites end in
.onion suffix.
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Lastly, on the address bar, enter https://www.torproject.org. Tor Browser will notify you whenever it detects a clearnet webpage also also has an onion address. In order to be automatically redirected to the onion mirrors of clearnet pages, click on the Always Prioritize Onions button.
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That way, you will be directed to the Tor hidden webpage mirror of the Tor Project.
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Conclusion
In this guide I showed you how to install Tor Browser software. For this, I showed how to download the required files and how to verify them. Then, I showed Tor Browser installation steps. Lastly, I showed you how you can reach Tor hidden websites.
Using Tor Browser you can route around the unjust censorship
legislation of your local governments. You can protect the privacy of
your internet activity from your internet service provider and the
advertising companies. You can visit the .onion websites on the Tor
network and enjoy the end-to-end-encrypted and untraceable web
surfing.
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