TOR BROWSER BUNDLE FOR LINUX

What is the Tor Browser Bundle (TBB)?

The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-contained.

Quick videos on how to use TBB

How to download and use Tor Browser in different operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows
• Apple OSX
• Linux

How to verify the digital signatures of Tor Browser in different operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows
• Apple OSX
• Linux

Linux instructions

Download the architecture-appropriate file above, save it somewhere, then run one of the following two commands to extract the package archive:

tar -xvzf tor-browser-gnu-linux-i686-2.2.39-1-dev-LANG.tar.gz

or

tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.2.39-1-dev-LANG.tar.gz

(where LANG is the language listed in the filename).

Once that's done, switch to the Tor browser directory by running:

cd tor-browser_LANG

(where LANG is the language listed in the filename).

To run the Tor Browser Bundle, execute the start-tor-browser script:

./start-tor-browser