To add the torbrowser overlay, run layman -a torbrowser
or eselect repository enable torbrowser
.
Install either www-client/torbrowser-launcher
or www-client/torbrowser
. If unsure, choose www-client/torbrowser-launcher
.
Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make Tor Browser easier to install and use for GNU/Linux users. You install 'torbrowser-launcher' from your distribution's package manager and it handles everything else:
- Downloads and installs the most recent version of Tor Browser in your language and for your computer's architecture, or launches Tor Browser if it's already installed (Tor Browser will automatically update itself)
- Certificate pins to https://www.torproject.org, so it doesn't rely on certificate authorities
- Verifies Tor Browser's signature for you, to ensure the version you downloaded was cryptographically signed by Tor developers and was not tampered with
- Adds "Tor Browser" and "Tor Browser Launcher Settings" application launcher to your desktop environment's menu
- Optionally plays a modem sound when you open Tor Browser (because Tor is so slow)
This Tor Browser build is not recommended by Tor upstream but uses the same sources. Use this only if you know what you are doing!
The profile folder is located at ~/.torproject/torbrowser/
.
Torbrowser uses port 9150
to connect to Tor. You can change the port
in /etc/env.d/99torbrowser
to match your setup. See
99torbrowser.example
for possible settings.
You can do this either with gentoo's /etc/env.d
mechanism
or on the command line.
To get the advanced functionality (network information, new identity feature, password prompts for onion services),
www-client/torbrowser
needs to access a control port and the tor service needs to run with certain options enabled.
-
If you use
www-client/torbrowser
, you need to adjust and export the environment variables from 99torbrowser.example. You can do this either in/etc/env.d/99torbrowser
with gentoo's/etc/env.d
mechanism or on the command line. -
If you use
www-client/torbrowser-launcher
, make sure that the environment variables in/etc/env.d/99torbrowser
are unset and that you don't have the system wide tor running on port9150
. -
For Onion Service Authentication to work, you need to enable
ExtendedErrors
for the tor servic. See torrc.example . for possible settings.
Tor Hidden Service
A hidden service of this repository is available at wmj5kiic7b6kjplpbvwadnht2nh2qnkbnqtcv3dyvpqtz7ssbssftxid.onion
git -c http.proxy=socks5h://127.0.0.1:9050 clone http://wmj5kiic7b6kjplpbvwadnht2nh2qnkbnqtcv3dyvpqtz7ssbssftxid.onion/poncho/torbrowser-overlay.git
cd torbrowser-overlay
git config --add remote.origin.proxy "socks5h://127.0.0.1:9050"