I've been trying to install the Tor browser in my laptop and I can't seem to install it. I've tried searching for answers in threads that already existed but I can't seem to find that works for me.
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Start by installing the apt-transport-https package that is necessary to access a repository over HTTPS and enabling the Universe repository:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo add-apt-repository universe
Import the Tor Apt repository GPG key to your system using the following wget command:
wget -q -O - https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | sudo apt-key add -
The command above should output OK, which means that the key has been successfully imported and packages from this repository will be considered trusted.
Enable the Tor repository:
echo "deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
Once the repository is enabled, update the apt package list and install the latest version of the Tor Browser by typing:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install tor deb.torproject.org-keyring torbrowser-launcher
That’s it. Tor Browser has been installed on your Linux desktop
sotiris
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The other answer doesn't function ant more. When I type "torbrowser-launcher" a window opens saying error 404. If I type simply "torbrowser", it says "command not found"
Go to this link : https://www.torproject.org/download/
Choose your operating system, then the download starts. After you extract the files from the tar, you go one step in the directory and you double-click setup.
After, the setup file disappears and is replaced by start-tor-browser.desktop
You can launch it in a terminal : cd to the directory and type ./start-tor-browser.desktop
Doesn't function for 32 bits architectures. If you have an old machine - thank you for caring for the planet - follow the instructions here: https://tb-manual.torproject.org/downloading/
If you choose to send an email to gettor@torproject.org write linux32 as title and body to get links for 32 bits architectures. Then you follow the procedure described above.
The setup file didn't disappear when I double-clicked it, but viewing the folder contents in a terminal I saw the start-tor-browser.desktop file. After a while it also appeared in the tor folder and I was able to drag it to the desktop.
Alain Reve
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Tor Browser doesn't support 32bit anymore, because of firefox and changing libraries. 18.04 is also reaching End of Standard Support this year which is a concern. – Thomas Ward Jan 29 '23 at 00:51
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As for the torbrowser-launcher failure, that's a Known Bug that I'm working on figuring out 'best approach' to fix in older releases by SRU - refer to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/torbrowser-launcher/+bug/2000077 about the 404 error problem. (Debian is also unfixed as well, but Upstream is fixed) – Thomas Ward Jan 29 '23 at 00:52
sudo apt install torbrowser-launcherwhich will "helps download and run the Tor Browser Bundle" for you automatically. (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/torbrowser-launcher https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=torbrowser-launcher) Nothing more needs to be done in my experience, it actually downloads the latest version on run (the package itself doesn't contain the browser, just causes it to be downloaded & installed when first run). Your issue may be network related, ie. connecting to tor to download it is blocked – guiverc Mar 15 '20 at 11:08