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<h2>Tor: Packages and source</h2>
<hr />

Tor is distributed as <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software</a>
under the <a href="cvs/tor/LICENSE">3-clause BSD license</a>.

You can get the latest release from the <a href="dist/">download
directory</a>. The latest stable release is 0.0.9.9, and the
latest testing release is 0.1.0.4-rc. Tor should run on Linux,
BSD, OS X, Win32, Solaris, and more.
<ul>
<li>Win32 installer (experimental):
<a href="dist/win32/tor-0.0.9.9-win32.exe">0.0.9.9</a> (<a
href="dist/win32/tor-0.0.9.9-win32.exe.asc">sig</a>)
<a href="dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.4-rc-win32.exe">0.1.0.4-rc</a> (<a
href="dist/win32/tor-0.1.0.4-rc-win32.exe.asc">sig</a>)
Be sure to read the <a
href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc-win32.html">Win32-specific instructions</a>.</li>
<li>Mac OS X installer (experimental):
<a href="dist/osx/Tor 0.0.9.9 Bundle.dmg">0.0.9.9</a> (<a
href="dist/osx/Tor 0.0.9.9 Bundle.dmg.asc">sig</a>)
<a href="dist/osx/Tor 0.1.0.4-rc Bundle.dmg">0.1.0.4-rc</a> (<a
href="dist/osx/Tor 0.1.0.4-rc Bundle.dmg.asc">sig</a>)
Be sure to read the <a
href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc-osx.html">OS X specific instructions</a>.</li>
<li>RPM package (experimental):
<a href="dist/rpm/tor-0.0.9.9-tor.0.fc1.i386.rpm">0.0.9.9 RPM</a>,
<a href="dist/rpm/tor-0.0.9.9-tor.0.fc1.src.rpm">0.0.9.9 SRPM</a>,
<a href="dist/rpm/tor-0.1.0.4.rc-tor.0.fc1.i386.rpm">0.1.0.4.rc RPM</a>,
<a href="dist/rpm/tor-0.1.0.4.rc-tor.0.fc1.src.rpm">0.1.0.4.rc SRPM</a>

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<li>Latest stable source: <a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.9.tar.gz">0.0.9.9</a>
(<a href="dist/tor-0.0.9.8.tar.gz.asc">sig</a>)</li>
<li>Latest testing source: <a href="dist/tor-0.1.0.4-rc.tar.gz">0.1.0.4-rc</a>
(<a href="dist/tor-0.1.0.4-rc.tar.gz.asc">sig</a>).
You will <a href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">need
libevent</a>. If you are brave enough to try building from source on
Windows, you'll need libevent 1.0c or later.
</li>
</ul>

General instructions for installing and configuring Tor are <a
href="cvs/tor/doc/tor-doc.html#installing">here</a>.

See the <a href="developers.html">developers page</a> for instructions
on fetching Tor from CVS.

Old releases are <a href="dist/obsolete/">here</a>.

<hr />

Debian packages have been uploaded to the set of official unstable
Debian packages. If you are running stable (woody) or testing (sarge), you
must first add these lines to <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>:

<code>
deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor stable main 
deb-src http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor stable main
</code>

To install the packages, issue the following commands:

<code>
$ apt-get update 
$ apt-get install tor
</code>

Packages for the development version of Tor are available as well. To install these,
add the following lines to <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>:

<code>
deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor experimental main 
deb-src http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor experimental main
</code>

Then issue the following commands:

<code>
$ apt-get update 
$ apt-get install -t experimental tor
</code>

Packages
for architectures other than i386 can be added on <a
href="mailto:weasel@debian.org">demand</a>.

<hr />

FreeBSD: <tt>portinstall -s security/tor</tt>

OpenBSD: <tt>cd /usr/ports/net/tor &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; make install</tt> (<a href="http://pestilenz.org/~bauerm/tor-openbsd-howto.html">guide to chrooting</a>)

NetBSD: <tt>cd /usr/pkgsrc/net/tor &amp;&amp; make install</tt>

Gentoo: <tt>emerge tor</tt> (<a href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Anonymity_with_Tor_and_Privoxy">guide</a>)

Other packages for other platforms are rumored to exist.
If somebody sends details, we'll put links here.

<hr />

<h2>Testing releases</h2>

2005-04-23: Tor 0.1.0.4-rc <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Apr-2005/msg000xx.html">fixes
some more stability problems, including a bug that's been taking down
a lot of servers suddenly</a>.

2005-04-08: Tor 0.1.0.3-rc <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Apr-2005/msg00065.html">makes
some performance improvements, makes Tor tolerate more clock skew,
and fixes a bunch more bugs</a>.

2005-04-01: Tor 0.1.0.2-rc <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Apr-2005/msg00000.html">makes
reachability detection work better, and fixes some other problems</a>.

2005-03-28: Tor 0.1.0.1-rc <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/Mar-2005/msg00147.html">incorporates
automatic reachability testing for servers (the first step to getting rid
of the 'verified servers' notion), uses pthreads if available to reduce
server memory footprint, uses libevent so we can use better polling
interfaces when available, handles slow/busy hidden services better,
supports https proxies for clients, and fleshes out our controller
interface. It also fixes a bunch of minor but annoying bugs</a>.

<hr />

<h2>Stable releases</h2>

2005-04-23:
Tor 0.0.9.9 has a <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Apr-2005/msg00002.html">has a
fix for an assert trigger that happens when servers get weird TLS certs
from clients</a>.

2005-04-07:
Tor 0.0.9.8 has a <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Apr-2005/msg00001.html">workaround
for a rare bug (reported by Alex de Joode) that makes servers stop
processing new circuits</a>.

2005-04-01:
Tor 0.0.9.7 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Apr-2005/msg00000.html">another
server race crash bug, and also fixes a bug where we would refuse to
extend to an unknown server</a>.

2005-03-24:
Tor 0.0.9.6 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Mar-2005/msg00000.html">yet
more server stability problems</a>.

2005-02-22:
Tor 0.0.9.5 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Feb-2005/msg00001.html">an
assert race at exit nodes when resolve requests fail, and cleans up
a few other bugs</a>.

2005-02-03:
Tor 0.0.9.4 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Feb-2005/msg00000.html">a
server bug that took down most of the network. It also makes us more
robust to running out of file descriptors</a>.

2005-01-21:
Tor 0.0.9.3 improves <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2005/msg00001.html">cpu
usage, works better when the network was offline and you try to use Tor,
and makes hidden services less unbearable</a>.

2005-01-04:
Tor 0.0.9.2 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Jan-2005/msg00000.html">many
more bugs</a>.

2004-12-16:
Tor 0.0.9.1 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2004/msg00001.html">a
few minor bugs in 0.0.9</a>.

2004-12-12:
Tor 0.0.9 adds <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Dec-2004/msg00000.html">a
win32 installer, better
circuit building algorithms, bandwidth accounting and hibernation,
more efficient directory fetching, and support for a separate Tor GUI
controller program (once somebody writes one)</a>.

2004-10-14:
Tor 0.0.8.1 fixes <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Oct-2004/msg00000.html">a
remotely triggerable crash bug, and has several other stability
improvements</a>.

2004-08-25:
Tor 0.0.8 adds <a
href="http://archives.seul.org/or/announce/Aug-2004/msg00001.html">directory
caching, on-demand connecting from ORs to ORs, bandwidth tracking, picks
routers by bandwidth, handles firewalls better, handles dynamic IPs for
servers, makes use of unverified servers in some path positions, and fixes
many bugs</a>.

<hr />

You can read the <a href="cvs/tor/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a> for more
details.

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correct now-false statement about needing our own special libevent for building tor on windows