How to Install Tor via the Official Apt Repository: While Tor in Ubuntu main repositories is always old, here’s how to install the LATEST version and receive updates via its apt repository. Tor, The Onion Router, is a free and open-source service enables people to browser the internet anonymously. UPDATE May 2022: This tutorial is tested and works in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. It should also work in Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. That’s all.This is a beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup Tor service and Tor Browser in Ubuntu 20.10, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 20. When everything’s done, the Tor browser starts. You can also open Tor Browser Launcher and select a mirrorģ.) Once the download process finished, select ‘Configure’ if you’re in a Country censors Tor or behind proxy in next window, or select ‘Connect’: It will automatically download & install the browser in your system. If everything goes OK, let’s now install the Tor web browser.ġ.) Simply open terminal and run command: sudo apt install torbrowser-launcherĢ.) Then search for and open Tor Browser from system application launcher. Or update it, if an old version was installed, via Software Updaterĥ.) Once installed, you can check Tor version and if it’s running via commands: tor -version Downloads/-keyring*.debĤ.) Finally, refresh package cache and install Tor via 2 commands: sudo apt update Then install it via double-click, gdebi, or by running command in terminal: sudo apt install. As an alternative, download the latest keyring. NOTE 2: For Linux Mint and other Ubuntu based systems, replace $(lsb_release -sc) in the command with the Ubuntu code-name (e.g, focal, bionic, groovy) that your system based on.ģ.) The keyring updates regularly and there’s no valid command to install it so far.

NOTE 1: For arm64 (e.g., Rasperry Pi), 32-bit Ubuntu 18.04/16.04, you have to remove from the command.

2.) Run command to add the Tor repository: sudo sh -c 'echo 'deb $(lsb_release -sc) main' > /etc/apt//tor-project.list'

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