Connecting over Tor (Linux)

Contents

• Debian / Ubuntu
• Arch / Garuda / Manjaro
• CentOS / Fedora / RHEL

systemctl status tor

sudo systemctl restart tor

Debian/Ubuntu

This should work for most Debian-like systems, such as Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS etc.

The following instructions will install the LTS (Long Term Support) version of Tor from your distro's default repository. If you would always like the latest stable release, the Tor Project maintains their own Debian/Ubuntu repository. The instructions for connecting to this official Tor Project repository can be found here.

1. Open a terminal and install/start Tor:

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install tor
   

Arch / Garuda / Manjaro

1. Open a terminal and install/start Tor:

   sudo pacman -S tor
   

CentOS / Fedora / RHEL

1. Configure the Tor Project package repository by pasting the following into a shell/Terminal session:

   ```bash
   os=$(cat /etc/os-release|grep "^ID="|cut -d= -f2|sed "s/\"//g") && \
   sudo cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/tor.repo
   [Tor]
   name=Tor for $os \$releasever - \$basearch
   baseurl=https://rpm.torproject.org/$os/\$releasever/\$basearch
   enabled=1
   gpgcheck=1
   gpgkey=https://rpm.torproject.org/$os/public_gpg.key
   cost=100
   EOF
   ```
   

2. Open a terminal and install Tor:

   sudo dnf install tor
   

3. Enable tor service:

   sudo systemctl enable --now tor