Manually Downloading Tor Browser
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Manually Downloading Tor Browser[edit]
 | Note: From Whonix ™ 14, Firefox-ESR is no longer installed by default and must be manually installed via Whonix-Workstation ™ Konsole for these instructions. |
- Non-Whonix ™ Platforms: If Firefox is available and Tor Browser is to be installed on a non-Whonix ™ platform, proceed to Manually Download and Install Tor Browser. Otherwise, first install Firefox on the respective platform and configure the setting for clearnet onion connections, if desired.
- Whonix: If Tor Browser is not installed, then it can be downloaded by using Firefox-ESR. Only complete this action for downloading Tor Browser and nothing else.
Install Firefox-ESR Web Browser[edit]
1. Install Firefox-ESR.
In Whonix-Workstation ™ Konsole, run.
sudo apt-get install firefox-esr
2. Configure clearnet onion service connections.
If users intend to connect to the Tor Project's onion service to download Tor Browser, then adjust the following Firefox-ESR setting to permit these connections.
In Firefox address bar: about:config -> I accept the risk! -> network.dns.blockDotOnion -> toggle to false.
Manually Download and Install Tor Browser[edit]
| Qubes-Whonix ™ note:
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| To use standard Tor Project servers rather than onion services in these instructions, substitute the links below:
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- Navigate to http://rqef5a5mebgq46y5.onion and download Tor Browser and the associated (.asc) file signature. Store it in /home/user/.tb.
- Read http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/docs/signing-keys.html to learn which PGP keys sign which packages.
- Read http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/docs/verifying-signatures.html and learn how to perform GPG verification. Download and import the necessary keys.
- Verify the Tor Browser download.
- Navigate to /home/user/.tb with the file manger. Dolphin example:
Dolphin->View->Show Hidden Files - If the old version of Tor Browser is still open, close it.
- Rename the old /home/user/.tb/tor-browser to something else.
- Extract Tor Browser:
Right-click on the downloaded archive->extract->extract archive here - The process is complete.
- To start Tor Browser:
- If the user intends to use the graphical user interface: Navigate to the /home/user/.tb/tor-browser folder and double-click start-tor-browser.
- If the user intends to use a terminal, run the following command.
/home/user/.tb/tor-browser/start-tor-browser
| Note this will not result in a Tor over Tor scenario when using Tor Browser. Whonix has a mechanism to disable Tor stacking. |
Footnotes[edit]
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Note on platform support:- Qubes-Whonix ™ users should use the 64-bit version.
- Non-Qubes-Whonix ™ 13 users who upgraded to Whonix 14 must use the 32-bit version.
- Non-Qubes-Whonix ™ 14 users who downloaded Whonix 14 must use the 64-bit version.
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