The "start-tor-browser" script you need to run is inside the "Browser" folder. If you double-click it, it opens a dialog box asking if you want to Run in Terminal, Display, Cancel, or Run.
Click ":Run", and after a few seconds, the Tor browser window will open. On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 7:57 PM Nancy Allison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Rich. > > Thanks for these instructions. > > I went to the tor site and downloaded the files associated with the penguin > cartoon. I assumed that was Linux. I now have a directory containing these > two files: > > > - tor-browser-linux64-8.0.9_en-US -- Oh, this is a folder name. > - tor-browser-linux64-8.0.9_en-US.tar.xz -- this is a file that looks > like a box > > > I don't know how to verify the PGP and am skipping that step because I am > foolhardy. > > I've opened the folder. It contains two items: > > > - A folder called Browser > - a file called start-tor-browser.desktop -- I doubleclicked this, and > it is now in a text editor. > > > It is full of instructions that assume a greater level of technical > knowledge than I have. > > Rich, what do I do now? Thanks very much. > > --Nancy > > > On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 7:29 PM Rich Pieri <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 May 2019 18:47:59 -0400 > > Nancy Allison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What do I do to make this work? Thanks for all help. > > > > 1. Throw out anything that tells you to use anyone's package manager. > > I don't know whether or not they're lying and neither do you. If you're > > using Tor Browser then by definition the only organization that can be > > trusted is Tor Project. > > > > 2. Go to torproject.org and download the tar.xz file. > > 2a. Verify the GPG signature. > > > > 3. Unpack the tar.gz file. > > > > 4. Run the start-tor-browser script. > > > > -- > > Rich Pieri > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
