{"id":33167,"date":"2021-01-02T09:36:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=33167"},"modified":"2024-12-03T06:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T06:32:11","slug":"install-tor-tor-browser-ubuntu-20-10-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2021\/01\/install-tor-tor-browser-ubuntu-20-10-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Tor & Tor Browser in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 | 20.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a beginner’s guide shows how to install and setup Tor service and Tor Browser in Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and their based systems, .e.g, Linux Mint 22\/21. It should also work in Debian 11\/12, and old Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04.<\/b><\/p>\n

Tor, The Onion Router, is a free and open-source service enables people to browser the internet anonymously. While Tor in Ubuntu main repositories is always old, here’s how to install the LATEST version and receive updates via its apt repository.<\/p>\n

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How to Install Tor via the Official Apt Repository:<\/h3>\n

Tor has an official apt repository that supports for all current Ubuntu and Debian releases.<\/p>\n

1.)<\/b> Open terminal<\/b> either from start menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. Then run command to enable the usage of https support for apt package manager:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install apt-transport-https<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompt and hit Enter. NOTE: In recent Debian\/Ubuntu, this command is no longer required since apt now support https out-of-the-box!<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.)<\/b> Run command to add the Tor repository:<\/p>\n
echo \"deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=\/usr\/share\/keyrings\/deb.torproject.org-keyring.gpg] https:\/\/deb.torproject.org\/torproject.org $(lsb_release -sc) main\" | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/tor-project.list<\/pre>\n
This command will create tor-project.list<\/code> file under apt sources directory, and write the content under double quotation marks into it.<\/p>\n
NOTE 1:<\/b> For arm64 (e.g., Rasperry Pi), 32-bit Ubuntu 18.04\/16.04, you have to remove arch=amd64<\/code> from the command.
\nNOTE 2:<\/b> For Linux Mint and other Ubuntu based systems, replace $(lsb_release -sc)<\/code> in the command with the Ubuntu code-name that your system based on, e.g.,<\/p>\n