How to Install Tor on Linux

This wikiHow teaches you how to download and install the Tor browser on your Linux computer. Open the Tor website. Go to https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html in your web browser. This is where you'll download the Tor setup...

Part 1 of 2:

Downloading the Tor Package

Open the Tor website. Go to https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html in your web browser. This is where you'll download the Tor setup file.
Click the Download tab. It's in the upper-right corner of the page. Doing so takes you to the Tor download page.
Click DOWNLOAD. This purple button is on the far-left side of the page.
1. This button should have "Linux 64-bit" written at the bottom of it. If you see another operating system's name (e.g., "Windows"), first click the Linux link to the right of the button.
2. If asked what to do with the setup file, make sure that you select the "Save" or "Download" option before proceeding.
Wait for the setup file to download. This should only take a few seconds.
Note the setup file's name. You should see the setup file's name somewhere in the window; you'll need to know the language and version for the Tor setup file in order to install it.
1. For example, downloading the U.S. English version of Tor would result in the file name "tor-browser-linux64-7.5.2_en-US.tar.xz" for the most recent 64-bit version of Tor.
2. If you can't find the file's name, you'll be able to review it in the Downloads folder on your computer.

Part 2 of 2:

Installing Tor

Open

Terminal. Click the Terminal app icon, which resembles a black box with white text in it, to do so. You'll usually find the Terminal icon in the Dock or on the Desktop.
1. Some versions of Linux require you to open the Menu and then select Terminal from the list of apps.
2. You can also just press Alt+Ctrl+T to open the Terminal window.
Switch to the Downloads directory. Type in cd Downloads and press ↵ Enter. This will shift the Terminal's focus into the Downloads folder, which is where your downloaded Tor setup file should be.
1. If you downloaded the Tor setup file into a different folder, you'll have to change to that folder's directory instead.
Extract the Tor setup file's contents. Type in tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-7.5.2_language-region.tar.xz and make sure to substitute the file name's language (e.g., en-US) for the language-region section, then press ↵ Enter.^[1]
1. For example, in order to extract the U.S. English version of Tor, you'd type in tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-7.5.2_en-US.tar.xz and press ↵ Enter.
Open the Tor browser's directory. Type in cd tor-browser_language where language is the language tag for your selected version of Tor, then press ↵ Enter.
Run the Tor setup. Type in ./start-tor-browser.desktop and press ↵ Enter, then wait for Tor's setup window to open.
Click Connect. It's in the lower-left side of the window. Doing so will connect you to the Tor network and, once the connection is successful, open the Tor browser. You should now be able to browse using Tor.

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