Option one: Tor on Debian lenny, Debian sid, or Debian testing
If you're using Debian stable (lenny), unstable (sid), or testing
(squeeze), just run
apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb
as root.
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.
Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.
Option two: Tor on Ubuntu or Debian
Do not use the packages in Ubuntu's universe. They are unmaintained and out of date. That means you'll be missing stability and security fixes.
You'll need to set up our package repository before you can fetch
Tor. First, you need to figure out the name of your distribution. If
you're using Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.04, it's "karmic", while 9.04 is "jaunty",
8.10 is "intrepid", and 8.04 is "hardy". If you're using Debian
Etch, it's "etch", and Debian Lenny is "lenny". Then add this line to your
/etc/apt/sources.list
file:
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> mainwhere you put the codename of your distribution (i.e. etch, lenny, sid, karmic, jaunty, intrepid, hardy or whatever it is) in place of <DISTRIBUTION>.
Then add the gpg key used to sign the packages by running the following commands at your command prompt:
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -Now refresh your sources and install Tor by running the following commands at your command prompt:
apt-get update apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb
Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.
The DNS name deb.torproject.org
is actually a set of independent
servers in a DNS round robin configuration. If you for some reason cannot
access it you might try to use the name of one of its part instead. Try
deb-master.torproject.org
,
mirror.netcologne.de
or
tor.mirror.youam.de
.
Option three: Using the development branch of Tor on Debian or Ubuntu
If you want to use the development branch of Tor instead (more
features and more bugs), you need to add a different set of lines to
your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org experimental-<DISTRIBUTION> mainwhere you again substitute the name of your distro (etch, lenny, sid, karmic, jaunty, intrepid, hardy) in place of <DISTRIBUTION>.
Then run the following commands at your command prompt:
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add - apt-get update apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb
Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.
Building from source
If you want to build your own debs from source you must first add an appropriate deb-src line to sources.list.
# For the stable version. deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main # For the unstable version. deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org <DISTRIBUTION> main deb-src http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org experimental-<DISTRIBUTION> mainYou also need to install the necessary packages to build your own debs and the packages needed to build Tor:
apt-get install build-essential fakeroot devscripts apt-get build-dep torThen you can build Tor in ~/debian-packages:
mkdir ~/debian-packages; cd ~/debian-packages apt-get source tor cd tor-* debuild -rfakeroot -uc -us cd ..Now you can install the new package:
sudo dpkg -i tor_*.deb
Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.
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