Install Tor Browser for Linux Mint 17
You are Welcome, this Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Tor Anonymous Web Browser on Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa LTS GNU/Linux i386/amd64 Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Lxde.
To Getting-Started with Tor Anonymous Web Browsing on Linux Mint you will need to provide Directly to Download and Install the Tor Browsing Ready Bundle.
This because only the Tor Anonymous Onion Router is Present at the moment on the Linux Mint Repositories.
Tor provides the Foundation for a range of Applications that allow Organizations and Individuals to Share Information over Public Networks without Compromising their Privacy.
To the Getting-Started with Tor Anonymous Web Browsing on Linux Mint Bottom you Find Link to Guide with Quick Start with Tor Anonymous Web Browsing.
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Download Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux
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Double-Click on Tor Archive and Extract into /tmp.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocate Tor Browser
Set the SuperUser as owner:sudo chown -R `whoami`:`whoami` /tmp/tor-browser*
And Fix Permissions with:
sudo su -c "chmod +xr root:root /tmp/tor-browser*"
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Then Switch the Tor contents with:sudo mv /tmp/tor-browser* /opt/tor-browser
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Making a SymLink.
sudo ln -s /opt/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser /usr/local/bin/tor-browser
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Again to Create a Tor Desktop Launcher
Simply play:sudo cp /opt/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser.desktop /usr/share/applications/
Logout and Login to Activate it:
Or to run it from Command Line use:tor-browser
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Quick-Start with Tor Anonymous Web Browsing
Now Thanks to the Tor Volunteers Relay Network you can Enjoy the Tor Anonymous Web Browsing on Linux Mint.