Step-by-step – Tor Browser Xubuntu 20.04 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Tor Browser

   Download Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux

   Tor Browser Bundle 64-bit

   Tor Web Browser GNU/Linux Bundle Release

3. 3. Extracting Tor Browser

   Next Extract into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Tor Package and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line with:

   tar xvf ~/Downloads/tor-browser*.tar.xz -C /tmp/

   Or from Shell:

   tar xvfz tor-browser*.tar.xz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing Tor Browser

   Install Tor Browser
   First, Set the SuperUser as owner with:

   sudo chown -R `whoami`:`whoami` /tmp/tor-browser*

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   And Fix Permissions with:

   sudo chmod -R oa+xr /tmp/tor-browser*

   Then Switch the Tor contents:

   sudo mv /tmp/tor-browser* /opt/tor-browser

   Again Make a SymLink for Easy Launching on Shell:

   sudo ln -s /opt/tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser /usr/local/bin/tor-browser

   Finally, to Create a Tor Desktop Launcher:

   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