Typo in my previous message, The button label is actually "Run", not ":Run".
On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:04 AM John Abreau <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- 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
