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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > TorBrowser on PureOS} Download and setup TorBrowser on PureOS --- WARNING: Want Tor to really work? Have a look at this: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en#warning 1. Open //PureBrowser// and go to https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en. Click to download the //Linux, 64-bit// version, choose to save file and click !!OK!!: {F151776, size=full, alt=tor1} 2. When download is completed, click the little folder icon to open the //Downloads// folder: {F151778, size=full, alt=tor2} 3. Double-click the downloaded file to open it: {F151780, size=full, alt=tor3} 4. The file will be opened in archive manager, click !!Extract!! to proceed: {F151782, size=full, alt=tor4} 5. **Select the folder** where the archive will be extracted (in this example //Desktop// folder is used) and click the !!Extract!! button (upper right corner) to unpack the archive: {F151815, size=full, alt=tor5} 6. When the extraction is complete, click to show the extracted files: {F151787, size=full, alt=tor6} 7. This is what you will see: {F151813, size=full, alt=tor7} Note that the extracted folder is named //tor-browser_en-US// and that it is placed in the //Desktop// directory. The file //start-tor-browser.desktop// is a shortcut file, but we need to edit it to point to the directory where we extracted the TorBrowser archive. 8. Right-click the //start-tor-browser.desktop// file and select to open it in other application: {F151791, size=full, alt=tor8} 9. Select **Text Editor** and click the !!Select!! button: {F151793, size=full, alt=tor9} 10. It will be opened in a text editor: {F151795, size=full, alt=tor10} Note the `Exec` and `X-TorBrowser-ExecShell` lines! **Change them** to point to the directory where your //tor-browser_en-US// is placed (in this example: //Desktop//), so for example, this will be: `Exec=/home/USERNAME/Desktop/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach` `X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=/home/USERNAME/Desktop/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach` //USERNAME// here is your username you have chosen during the installation procedure (in my case it is simply "mladen"): {F151797, size=full, alt=tor11} 11. When you change these lines, click to !!Save!! the file, and exit the text editor (!!×!! button). Then right-click the //start-tor-browser.desktop// file and copy it: {F151799, size=full, alt=tor12} 12. On the left side pane click the //Home// shortcut: {F151802, size=full, alt=tor13} 13. and then on your keyboard press {key CTRL}+{key H} combination, which will reveal hidden files and folders: {F151804, size=full, alt=tor14} 14. Open folder //.local//->//share//->//Applications// and right-click->paste, so that the file //start-tor-browser.desktop// is copied to this folder: {F151806, size=full, alt=tor15} If there is no //Applications// folder, simply right-click and create it (the name is case sensitive). 15. This is it, TorBrowser shortcut will be shown in the applications menu: {F151808, size=full, alt=tor16} Start it, and when it is configured, open https://check.torproject.org/ to see if you are using the Tor network: {F151810, size=full, alt=tor17} Note: If you wish to upgrade TorBrowser, simply delete //tor-browser_en-US// folder from your //Desktop// directory and repeat just the steps 1-6!
{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=info-circle, name=PureOS > icon=list-ul, name=Tips & Tricks > TorBrowser on PureOS} Download and setup TorBrowser on PureOS --- WARNING: Want Tor to really work? Have a look at this: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en#warning 1. Open //PureBrowser// and go to https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en. Click to download the //Linux, 64-bit// version, choose to save file and click !!OK!!: {F151776, size=full, alt=tor1} 2. When download is completed, click the little folder icon to open the //Downloads// folder: {F151778, size=full, alt=tor2} 3. Double-click the downloaded file to open it: {F151780, size=full, alt=tor3} 4. The file will be opened in archive manager, click !!Extract!! to proceed: {F151782, size=full, alt=tor4} 5. **Select the folder** where the archive will be extracted (in this example //Desktop// folder is used) and click the !!Extract!! button (upper right corner) to unpack the archive: {F151815, size=full, alt=tor5} 6. When the extraction is complete, click to show the extracted files: {F151787, size=full, alt=tor6} 7. This is what you will see: {F151813, size=full, alt=tor7} Note that the extracted folder is named //tor-browser_en-US// and that it is placed in the //Desktop// directory. The file //start-tor-browser.desktop// is a shortcut file, but we need to edit it to point to the directory where we extracted the TorBrowser archive. 8. Right-click the //start-tor-browser.desktop// file and select to open it in other application: {F151791, size=full, alt=tor8} 9. Select **Text Editor** and click the !!Select!! button: {F151793, size=full, alt=tor9} 10. It will be opened in a text editor: {F151795, size=full, alt=tor10} Note the `Exec` and `X-TorBrowser-ExecShell` lines! **Change them** to point to the directory where your //tor-browser_en-US// is placed (in this example: //Desktop//), so for example, this will be: `Exec=/home/USERNAME/Desktop/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach` `X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=/home/USERNAME/Desktop/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach` //USERNAME// here is your username you have chosen during the installation procedure (in my case it is simply "mladen"): {F151797, size=full, alt=tor11} 11. When you change these lines, click to !!Save!! the file, and exit the text editor (!!×!! button). Then right-click the //start-tor-browser.desktop// file and copy it: {F151799, size=full, alt=tor12} 12. On the left side pane click the //Home// shortcut: {F151802, size=full, alt=tor13} 13. and then on your keyboard press {key CTRL}+{key H} combination, which will reveal hidden files and folders: {F151804, size=full, alt=tor14} 14. Open folder //.local//->//share//->//Applications// and right-click->paste, so that the file //start-tor-browser.desktop// is copied to this folder: {F151806, size=full, alt=tor15} If there is no //Applications// folder, simply right-click and create it (the name is case sensitive). 15. This is it, TorBrowser shortcut will be shown in the applications menu: {F151808, size=full, alt=tor16} Start it, and when it is configured, open https://check.torproject.org/ to see if you are using the Tor network: {F151810, size=full, alt=tor17} Note: If you wish to upgrade TorBrowser, simply delete //tor-browser_en-US// folder from your //Desktop// directory and repeat just the steps 1-6!
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