Install Tor on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx
2010-05-03 by xpheasBASH-Code:
| nano /etc/apt/sources.list |
add:
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| deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main |
BASH-Code:
| $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install tor vidalia privoxy |
Setup Privoxy
BASH-Code:
| nano /etc/privoxy/config |
and add
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| forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 . |
BASH-Code:
| /etc/init.d/privoxy restart |
Finally install the torbutton addon from:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275
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Just a note about installing Tor: The Ubuntu Community Documentation outline, ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tor ), suggests using Polipo instead of Privoxy - any comment about that suggestion?
The TOR devs switched from Privoxy to Polipo cause Polipo has some featurs that Privoxy doesn't provide.
Quote from the TOR-FAQ:
Privoxy is fine filtering software that works well for what is it intended to do. However, its user experience is lacking due to it lacking a few features, namely, http 1.1 pipelining, caching most requested objects, and it needs to see the entire page to parse it, before sending it on to the browser. Lack of these three features is the reason we switched from privoxy to polipo.
... If you don't like polipo, but do like privoxy, then don't install polipo and use privoxy. The power of choice is yours.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#WhydoweneedPolipoorPrivoxywithTorWhichisbetter