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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#debian">Option one: Tor on Debian stable,
Debian sid, or Debian testing</a></h2>
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If you're using Debian, just run<br />
<tt>apt-get install tor</tt>
as root.
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Note that this might not always give you the latest stable Tor version, but
you will receive important security fixes. To make sure that you're running
the latest stable version of Tor, see option two below.
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Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to <a href="<page
docs/tor-doc-unix>#using">step two</a> of the "Tor on Linux/Unix"
instructions.
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#ubuntu">Option two: Tor on Ubuntu or
Debian</a></h2>
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<b>Do not use the packages in Ubuntu's universe.</b> In the past they have
not reliably been updated. That means you could be missing stability
and security fixes.
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<b>Raspbian is not Debian.</b> These packages will be confusingly broken