TOR Browser Bundle

[NoOp]

On 09/08/2014 03:19 PM, Rusty Shakelford wrote:
> Is there any good step by step documentation on installing the TOR browser bundle on Ubuntu?
> 
> What I found was over my head and I can't seem to follow it well enough to make it work for me.
> 
> So far I have downloaded the file 
> tor-browser-linux64-3.6.5_en-US.tar.xz
> 
> Maybe there is a software program for Ubuntu that will install TAR files for me?
> 


Easiest way is to first make a directory that you'll remember (i.e.,
/home/<username>/Tor) and copy the bundle file to that location. Then:

$ cd /home/<username>/Tor
$ tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-3.6.5_en-US.tar.xz
(or from Nemo/Nautilus just right-click the file & select 'Extract here'.
Now switch to the extracted directory:
$ /home/<username>/Tor/tor-browser_en-US
and to run TBB:
$ ./start-tor-browser

To create a menu item:

$ gedit /home/<username>/.local/share/applications/tor_browser.desktop
copy & paste the code between the #### lines (of course change
<username> to your actual username):

#### start code ####
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Categories=GTK;Network;
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=/home/<username>/Tor/tor-browser_en-USBrowser/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48.png
Name[en_US]=TOR Browser
Exec=/home/<username>/Tor/tor-browser_en-USstart-tor-browser
Name=TOR Browser
Icon=/home/<username>/Tor/tor-browser_en-USBrowser/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48
Comment=
#### end code ####

Save to /home/<username>/.local/share/applications/tor_browser.desktop
Exit gedit & then
$ sudo update-menus

You'll now find 'Tor Browser' in the 'Internet' section of your menu.
Note: I use Gnome-Flashback, so my menus are different than with Unity.
However, if you'd like a 'proper' menu on the indicator bar, install
ClassicMenu Indicator:

$ sudo apt-get install classicmenu-indicator
(Universe repository). However, I prefer to use Florian's PPA, see:

<http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/classicmenu-indicator/>

The PPA is version .09 and the Ubuntu Universe version is .07 for Trusty
14.04 (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/classicmenu-indicator).