Tor Browser: Manual Download
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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.
Qubes Users Notice[edit]
Qubes-Whonix ™ note:
- AppVM: The following instructions should be run in
anon-whonix. - TemplateVM: Tor Browser upgrades in the
whonix-ws-15TemplateVM are only inherited by newly created AppVMs. In addition, Tor Browser must be stored in /var/cache/tb-binary/.tb rather than /home/user/.tb. For further information, see Qubes-specific Tor Browser issues.
Download Location[edit]
To use standard Tor Project servers rather than onion services in these instructions, substitute the links below:
Manually Download and Install Tor Browser[edit]
- Navigate to http://rqef5a5mebgq46y5.onion [archive] and download Tor Browser and the associated (
.asc) file signature. Store it in/home/user/.tb. - Read http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/docs/signing-keys.html [archive] to learn which PGP keys sign which packages.
- Read http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/docs/verifying-signatures.html [archive] and learn how to perform GPG verification. Download and import the necessary keys.
- Verify the Tor Browser download.
- Navigate to
/home/user/.tbwith 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-browserto something else. - Extract Tor Browser:
Right-click on the downloaded archive→extract→extract archive here - The process is complete.
- To start Tor Browser:
- If intending to use a graphical user interface: Start Tor Browser from the start menu.
- If intending to use a terminal, run the following command.
torbrowser
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]
- ↑
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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