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I have my Ubuntu (22.04 Jammy Jellyfish) running on a MacBook Air. I was trying to install Tor there but it seems like I can't launch it.

I have done everything OK, but it simply doesn't launch when calling from terminal or launching via doubleclick.

I downloaded from here: torproject.org/download and followed instructions from here: tb-manual.torproject.org/installation.

I chose and installed Tor for Linux. Verified the signature, extracted the file, marked the

start-tor-browser.desktop

file as executable.

I right-click and hit "run as a program" and I see the Terminal quickly flashing but nothing else happens thereafter

Anyone can think of a workaround/solution?

I've tried also Tor Browser Launcher, but when clicking on "Install Tor Browser" it crashes.

Ideas?

VanPiro
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  • How did you install Tor Browser? Is it a snap? – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:01
  • Via terminal following all the instrucions on the official Tor project website. How do I check if it's a snap (it shouldn't) – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 13:01
  • Can you give a link? – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:03
  • Did you download Tor for Mac or for Linux? What were the commands? – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:04
  • Sure: downloaded from here: https://www.torproject.org/download/ and followed instructions from here: https://tb-manual.torproject.org/installation/. I installed Tor for Linux. Verified the signature, extracted the file, marked the start-tor-browser.desktop file as executable. I right-click and hit "run as a program" and I see the Terminal quickly flashing but nothing else happens thereafter – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 13:06
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    So what exactly did you do? Please [edit] the question and add this information. – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:08
  • Does this answer your question? Tor browser not opening – karel Aug 27 '22 at 02:29

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The easiest way is to install Tor Browser using apt.

Run in a terminal:

sudo apt install torbrowser-launcher

and you are done.

Pilot6
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  • Dude. No, that doesn't work. – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 13:24
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    "Doesn't work" means nothing. Does it install? And it will install to another place. You wont start it in that folder where you downloaded it previously. – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:25
  • As said in my original question: "I've tried also Tor Browser Launcher, but when clicking on "Install Tor Browser" it crashes". – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 13:28
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    How did you try it? I gave you a command, There is nothing to click there. After you execute it, you'll have Tor Browser among your applications. – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 13:29
  • I used the Ubuntu Software. When I launch that I get what I said. I aslo tried you command but nothing happened – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 14:05
  • What do you mean by "nothing happened"? What was the output? – Pilot6 Aug 26 '22 at 14:06
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    @Pilot6 torbrowser-launcher is plagued by a Python 3.10 related bug. It crashes on run as is currently. Known issue with a fix submitted upstream but not merged yet. – Thomas Ward Aug 26 '22 at 14:55
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It doesn't work that way probably due to what was commented here:

torbrowser-launcher is plagued by a Python 3.10 related bug. It crashes on run as is currently. Known issue with a fix submitted upstream but not merged yet

In order to use the self-contained "TOR bundle" you must open a terminal to the extracted folder and run:

./start-tor-browser.desktop
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  • Thanks! That works! Let's then wait for the Python 3.1 bug to be addressed and do this in the meantime. Thank you again. – VanPiro Aug 26 '22 at 21:34