How to Install Tor on Linux

This wikiHow teaches you how to download and install the Tor browser on your Linux computer.

Table of Contents

Download the Tor . package

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Open the Tor website. Go to https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html using a web browser. We will proceed to download the Tor installation file from here.

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Click the Download tab. This option is located in the lower right corner of the page. You will be redirected to the Tor download page.

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Click DOWNLOAD . This purple button is on the left side of the page.

This button will say “Linux 64-bit” and will be at the bottom. If here is another operating system name (for example: “Windows”), you need to first click the Linux link located to the right of the button.
If asked what you want to do with the installation file, you’ll need to select the “Save” or “Download” action before continuing.

Install Tor

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Open

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Terminal. Click on the Terminal app with the black frame icon and white text inside. The Terminal icon is usually located in the Dock or Desktop.

Some versions of Linux will ask you to open the Menu and select Terminal from the list of applications.
You can also press Alt + Ctrl + T to open a Terminal window.

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Switch to the Downloads folder. Type the command cd Downloads and then press ↵ Enter . This command will bring Terminal to the Downloads folder – where you downloaded the Tor installation file.

If you downloaded the Tor installation file to a different directory, you will need to change it to that directory.

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Extract the content of the Tor installation file. Type tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-7.5.2_ language-region .tar.xz , don’t forget to change the language of the file (eg en-US ) into the language-region section, then press ↵ Enter . ^{[1] X Research Source}

For example, to extract the US English part of Tor, you’d need to type tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-7.5.2_en-US.tar.xz and then press ↵ Enter .

Advice

Contrary to popular belief, Tor itself is not dangerous or illegal, the browser is based on an earlier version of Firefox.
While most applications are installed with the command sudo apt-get install <program-name> , Tor is a portable browser that can be installed anywhere. That means Tor files require the same flexibility as traditional installation files.

Warning

Tor is often used to access the dark web (Internet content that normal search engines don’t list). You should not use Tor for this purpose as it is generally unsafe and may be illegal where you live.
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you use Tor:
- Tor does not anonymize all Internet traffic the first time it is installed. The only traffic that Tor anonymizes is from Firefox. Other applications must have a proxy server configured first before they can use the Tor Network.
- The Tor button on Firefox blocks potentially leaked technologies such as Java, ActiveX, RealPlayer, QuickTime, and Adobe. To use Tor with these applications, the settings file needs to be reconfigured.
- Cookies that existed before Tor was installed can still provide user identity. To ensure complete anonymity for your users, delete all cookies before installing Tor.
- Tor Network encrypts all data until it exits the network’s router. To fully protect user data, you need to use HTTPS protocol or other reliable encryption.
Don’t forget to verify the integrity of the app downloaded from Tor. These apps can be potentially risky if the Tor router crashes.

Steps

Download the Tor . package

Install Tor

Advice

Warning

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