With Windows 7 going the way of the Dodo bird, I started switching to Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver on my laptop. I’ve had no problems that I know of to this point, except installing Tor Browser.
I’ve followed directions on many different sites with no luck. I get to the point where I have the 2 icons: Tor Browser & Tor Browser settings.
I click on settings, it loads for a bit, then I get the message it can’t validate signature or I may be under attack.
Any tips or advice on this sure would help, I’m lost.
Hi I’m having the same issues. It appears that the issue is related to GPG as I was unable to start tor browser where gpg hangs with refreshing keys message.
Next, verify the downloaded package. Please note that your tor version might be different so update the command with appropriate version:
$ gpg --verify tor-browser-linux64-9.0.2_en-US.tar.xz.asc tor-browser-linux64-9.0.2_en-US.tar.xz
gpg: Signature made Tue 03 Dec 2019 05:50:28 AEDT
gpg: using RSA key EB774491D9FF06E2
gpg: Good signature from "Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser@torproject.org>" [unknown]
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: EF6E 286D DA85 EA2A 4BA7 DE68 4E2C 6E87 9329 8290
Subkey fingerprint: 1107 75B5 D101 FB36 BC6C 911B EB77 4491 D9FF 06E2
linuxconfig@linuxconfig-org:~$ tar xJpf tor-browser-linux64-9.0.2_en-US.tar.xz
Extract the tarball:
$ tar xJpf tor-browser-linux64-9.0.2_en-US.tar.xz
and simply run the Tor browser from terminal. I recommend to start Tor from the terminal at least for a first time so you might be able to see possible error messages etc. ( if any ):
$ cd tor-browser_en-US/
$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop
Thank You for the quick response. I bet I tried to install Tor 30 times in the past 3 days. I’ll give it a try in the morning, get a fresh start.
One more quick question for you. In step 2, with the multiple commands, do I do it as a batch command, the whole thing at once? Or command by command? That is one thing I’ve never completely understood. I’ve tried both ways, thinking that may be causing my issue, but it never resolved anything.
I’ve tried to Google that question, but never got a clear answer.
Here are the two most common documentation conventions when working with Linux command line:
$ → execute command as a regular user
# → execute command with administrative privileges
Hence each $ or # denotes a single command. From here you have two alternatives. First, execute the all commands one by one or create bash shell script ( which is an overkill in this instance ) to execute all commands in batch.
The following two guides will provide you with an easy way to Linux command line and bash scripting. Spending some time with both guides is defintely time well spend. It will provide you with a solid working knowledge and understanding of GNU/Linux as you will be able to work with any GNU/Linux distro and any GUI.
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And get a permission denied error. I’m still in a learning phase, but not giving up. Eventually I’ll figure it out, or drive everyone here crazy asking stupid questions.
Sorry for a late response. I thought it would be easier to make you a video on how to install tor on Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04 from the official Tor Project packages:
Below you can find my notes so it should be simple copy and paste. Please note that you only need to make sure that the Tor version is up to date as the below commands are for Tor 9.0.3.
DOWNLOAD FROM:
https://www.torproject.org/download/languages/
$ wget https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/9.0.3/tor-browser-linux64-9.0.3_en-US.tar.xz
$ wget https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/9.0.3/tor-browser-linux64-9.0.3_en-US.tar.xz.asc
IMPORT KEYS ( be patient here, this may take some time ):
$ gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrowser@torproject.org
VERIFY ( optional but recommended ):
$ gpg --verify tor-browser-linux64-9.0.3_en-US.tar.xz.asc tor-browser-linux64-9.0.3_en-US.tar.xz
EXTRACT:
$ tar xJpf tor-browser-linux64-9.0.3_en-US.tar.xz
RUN:
$ cd tor-browser_en-US/
$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop
In case you encounter some issues please let us know and be specific on what and when went wrong.
Do you see any relevant error messages in the logs? You could paste those. You can also sanitize the logs with gedit feature “search and replace”, by replacing :// with a neutral character that hits the human eye but does not provide a valid URL, like “xXx”.
I did get Tor Running, Thanks to both of you for your help.
That created a new problem, I doubt TOR had anything to do with it. But now I get an error when checking for updates. I’m told I need to refresh the software cache, when I do…it Freezes/Stalls. I can’t do anything but reboot.