Tor Browser

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How to install Tor Browser in Kicksecure.

This is mostly undocumented.

Documentation for this is incomplete. Contributions are happily considered! See this for potential alternatives.

Introduction

Better use Whonix instead?

Tor Browser Downloader (by Whonix developers) is documented on the Whonix's Tor BrowserOnion network Logo wiki page.

Installation

1. Install dependencies.

Install package(s) tb-updater tb-starter following these instructions

1 Platform specific notice.

2 Update the package lists and upgrade the systemOnion network Logo.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

3 Install the tb-updater tb-starter package(s).

Using apt command line --no-install-recommends optionOnion network Logo is in most cases optional.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo apt install --no-install-recommends tb-updater tb-starter

4 Platform specific notice.

  • Kicksecure: No special notice.
  • Kicksecure-Qubes: Shut down Template and restart App Qubes based on it as per Qubes Template ModificationOnion network Logo.

5 Done.

The procedure of installing package(s) tb-updater tb-starter is complete.

2. Download Tor Browser.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! update-torbrowser

Usage

Start.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! torbrowser

Tor Browser Bundle Tor versus System Tor

Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) starts its own internal Tor and does not use system Tor. These two different Tor processes run independently. This is as per TBB upstream (The Tor Project) (original developer) default configuration.

See Also

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