In some countries tor is illegal to use or blocked. So before using Tor browser, be sure its allowed to use in your country. As of today, Tor is not illegal to use in United States and India.

This article will help you to install Tor browser on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system.

Installing Tor Browser on Ubuntu

Tor browser launcher makes easier to install and use Tor Browser on GNU/Linux users. You can install torbrowser-launcher directly from the default repositories on Ubuntu 20.04 systems.

Login to your system with sudo privileged account and open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and type:

sudo apt update 
sudo apt install torbrowser-launcher 

Press ‘y’ for any confirmation asked by the installer.

This will install Tor Browser launcher on your system (not Tor browser). The Tor browser will be installed in next step.

Using Tor Browser

Search for torbrowser-launcher in all applications un Activities from Ubuntu desktop systems. You can also launch application by executing command torbrowser-launcher on terminal.

At the first time, this will install Tor Browser or ask you to install as below screenshot.

Keep all settings as default and click on “Install Tor Browser” button.

Once the installation finished, it will launch Tor browser on your system. Click the “Connect” button to connect Tor Browser to the Tor network for secure browsing.

That’s it. You have successfully installed Tor Browser on your system.

Uninstall Tor Browser

When you found tor browser is no more in use, you can remove it from your system. To remove Tor browser, just type following command from system terminal:

sudo apt purge torbrowser-launcher 

Conclusion

This tutorial helped you to install Tor browser on Ubuntu 20.04 desktop system. Now, Tor browser will hide your identity and allow you to browser web securely.

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In this guide, we will show you how to install Tor Browser on CentOS and Fedora with step-by-step instructions. Let’s get started…

This article will help you to install the Tor browser in your CentOS/RHEL and Fedora systems.

Step 1 – Configure Yum Repository

The Tor development team provides an official yum repository for the Tor browser installation. You can find the latest available packages by visiting rpm.torproject.org.

First, configure the EPEL repository on your system.

sudo dnf install epel-release -y 

Now, create a new file /etc/yum.repos.d/tor.repo and edit in a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/tor-browser.repo 

Add one of the below configurations as per your Linux distribution.

• On CentOS and RHEL systems:

  [Tor]
  name=Tor for Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch
  baseurl=https://rpm.torproject.org/centos/$releasever/$basearch
  enabled=1
  gpgcheck=1
  gpgkey=https://rpm.torproject.org/centos/public_gpg.key
  cost=100
  

• On Fedora systems:

  [Tor]
  name=Tor for Fedora $releasever - $basearch
  baseurl=https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
  enabled=1
  gpgcheck=1
  gpgkey=https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/public_gpg.key
  cost=100
  

Save the file and close it.

Step 2 – Installing Tor Browser

You have successfully added the Tor browser repository to your system. Next use the DNF command to install Tor Browser on your CentOS, RHEL, or Fedora system:

sudo dnf install tor 

Press ‘y’ for any confirmation prompted by the installer.

On successful command execution, you will have installed the Tor browser on CentOS and Fedora systems. Now launch the application on your Desktop system.

Conclusion

This tutorial helped you to install the Tor browser on CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora systems. Now you can access the internet anonymousaly.

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