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13)     <h1>Running the <a href="<page index>">Tor</a> client on Linux/BSD/Unix</h1>

14)     <br>

15)     
16)     <p>
17)     <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor
18)     client. If you want to relay traffic for others to help the network grow
19)     (please do), read the <a
20)     href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">Configuring a relay</a> guide.</b>
21)     </p>
22)     

23)     <hr>

24)     <a id="installing"></a>
25)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>

26)     <br>

27)     
28)     <p>
29)     The latest release of Tor can be found on the <a
30)     href="<page download/download>">download</a> page. We have packages for Debian,
31)     Red Hat, Gentoo, *BSD, etc there too. If you're
32)     using Ubuntu, don't use the default packages: use <a
33)     href="<page docs/debian>#ubuntu">our deb repository</a> instead.
34)     </p>
35)     
36)     <p>If you're building from source, first install <a
37)     href="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/">libevent</a>, and
38)     make sure you have openssl and zlib (including the -devel packages if

39)     applicable). Then run:<br>
40)     <tt>tar xzf tor-<version-stable>.tar.gz; cd tor-<version-stable></tt><br>
41)     <tt>./configure &amp;&amp; make</tt><br>

42)     Now you can run tor as <tt>src/or/tor</tt>, or you can run <tt>make install</tt>
43)     (as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can
44)     start it just by running <tt>tor</tt>.
45)     </p>
46)     
47)     <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
48)     default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
49)     the settings. Tor is now installed.
50)     </p>
51)     

52)     <hr>

53)     <a id="privoxy"></a>
54)     <a id="polipo"></a>
55)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#polipo">Step Two: Install Polipo for Web Browsing</a></h2>

56)     <br>

57)     
58)     <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
59)     </p>
60)     
61)     <p>
62)     The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
63)     href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/">Polipo</a> from
64)     your favorite repository. Polipo is a caching web proxy that does http
65)     pipelining well, so it's well-suited for Tor's latencies. Make sure
66)     to get at least Polipo 1.0.4, since earlier versions lack the SOCKS support
67)     required to use Polipo with Tor. You should uninstall privoxy at this
68)     point (e.g. apt-get remove privoxy or yum remove privoxy), so they don't
69)     conflict.
70)     </p>
71)     
72)     <p>Once you've installed Polipo (either from package or from
73)     source), <b>you will need to configure Polipo to use Tor</b>. Grab our <a

74)     href="<tbbrepo>/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf">Polipo

75)     configuration for Tor</a> and put it in place of your current polipo
76)     config file (e.g. /etc/polipo/config or ~/.polipo).
77)     You'll need to restart Polipo for the changes to take effect. For

78)     example:<br>

79)     <tt>/etc/init.d/polipo restart</tt>
80)     </p>
81)     
82)     <p>If you prefer, you can instead use Privoxy with <a

83)     href="<wiki>TheOnionRouter/PrivoxyConfig">this

84)     sample Privoxy configuration</a>. But since the config files both use
85)     port 8118, you shouldn't run both Polipo and Privoxy at the same time.</p>
86)     

87)     <hr>

88)     <a id="using"></a>
89)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>

90)     <br>

91)     
92)     <p>After installing Tor and Polipo, you need to configure your
93)     applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
94)     
95)     <p>You should use Tor with Firefox and Torbutton, for best safety.
96)     Simply install the <a
97)     href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2275/">Torbutton
98)     plugin</a>, restart your Firefox, and you're all set:
99)     </p>
100)     
101)     <img alt="Torbutton plugin for Firefox"

102)     src="$(IMGROOT)/screenshot-torbutton.png"

103)    >

104)     

105)     <br>

106)     
107)     <p>
108)     If you plan to run Firefox on a different computer than Tor, see the <a

109)     href="<wikifaq>#SocksListenAddress">

110)     FAQ
111)     entry for running Tor on a different computer</a>.
112)     </p>
113)     
114)     <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
115)     point them at Polipo (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
116)     directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
117)     your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a

118)     href="<wikifaq>#SOCKSAndDNS">this

119)     FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
120)     that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
121)     href="http://tsocks.sourceforge.net/">tsocks</a> or <a

122)     href="<wiki>TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO#socat">socat</a>.

123)     </p>
124)     
125)     <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the

126)     <a href="<wiki>TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify

127)     HOWTO</a>.
128)     </p>
129)     

130)     <hr>

131)     <a id="verify"></a>
132)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2>

133)     <br>

134)     
135)     <p>
136)     Next, you should try using your browser with Tor and make
137)     sure that your IP address is being anonymized. Click on
138)     <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">the
139)     Tor detector</a>
140)     and see whether it thinks you're using Tor or not.
141)     #<a href="http://ipchicken.com/">this site</a>
142)     #to see what IP address it thinks you're using.
143)     (If that site is down, see <a

144)     href="<wikifaq>#IsMyConnectionPrivate">this

145)     FAQ entry</a> for more suggestions on how to test your Tor.)
146)     </p>
147)     
148)     <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
149)     ability to connect to itself (this includes something like SELinux on
150)     Fedora Core 4), be sure to allow connections from
151)     your local applications to Polipo (local port 8118) and Tor (local port
152)     9050). If
153)     your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
154)     it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a

155)     href="<wikifaq>#FirewalledClient">this

156)     FAQ entry</a>.  If your SELinux config is not allowing tor or privoxy to
157)     run correctly, create a file named booleans.local in the directory
158)     /etc/selinux/targeted.  Edit this file in your favorite text editor and
159)     insert "allow_ypbind=1".  Restart your machine for this change to take
160)     effect.
161)     </p>
162)     
163)     <p>If it's still not working, look at <a

164)     href="<wikifaq>#ItDoesntWork">this

165)     FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
166)     

167)     <hr>

168)     <a id="server"></a>
169)     <a id="relay"></a>
170)     <h2><a class="anchor" href="#relay">Step Five: Configure it as a relay</a></h2>

171)     <br>

172)     
173)     <p>The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more
174)     people who run relays, the faster the Tor network will be. If you have
175)     at least 20 kilobytes/s each way, please help out Tor by configuring your
176)     Tor to be a relay too. We have many features that make Tor relays easy
177)     and convenient, including rate limiting for bandwidth, exit policies so
178)     you can limit your exposure to abuse complaints, and support for dynamic
179)     IP addresses.</p>
180)     
181)     <p>Having relays in many different places on the Internet is what
182)     makes Tor users secure. <a

183)     href="<wikifaq>#RelayAnonymity">You

184)     may also get stronger anonymity yourself</a>,
185)     since remote sites can't know whether connections originated at your
186)     computer or were relayed from others.</p>
187)     
188)     <p>Read more at our <a href="<page docs/tor-doc-relay>">Configuring a relay</a>
189)     guide.</p>
190)     

191)     <hr>