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Tor Browser Launcher
Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make the Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) easier to
maintain and use for GNU/Linux users. You install torbrowser-launcher from your
distribution's package manager and it handles everything else, including:
- Downloading the most recent version of TBB for you, in your language and for your architecture
- Automatically updating (while preserving your bookmarks and preferences)
- Verifying the TBB's GnuPG signature
- Adding a "Tor Browser" application launcher to your desktop environment's menu
Tor Browser Launcher isn't in any Debian repositories yet, but it will be soon.
Quick Start
If you're using a Debian-based distro like Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, the following instructions will install dependencies, clone this repo, build a .deb, and install it with dpkg.
sudo apt-get install python-stdeb python-gtk2 python-psutil python-twisted python-lzma wmctrl gnupg fakeroot
git clone https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher.git
cd torbrowser-launcher
./build_and_install.sh
Building
Dependencies
You need to have stdeb installed. If you're using Debian or Ubuntu you can
install it like this:
apt-get install python-stdeb
Also install the torbrowser-launcher dependencies:
apt-get install python-gtk2 python-psutil python-twisted python-lzma wmctrl gnupg fakeroot
Debian packages
To build a Debian source and binary packages:
python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command sdist_dsc bdist_deb
Once you've made a .deb, you can install by running this as root:
dpkg -i deb_dist/torbrowser-launcher_VERSION_all.deb