5. You'll need to tell your GNU/Linux that you want the ability to execute shell scripts from the graphical interface or the command line.
Navigate to the newly extracted Tor Browser directory.
Right click on `start-tor-browser.desktop`, open Properties or Preferences and change the permission to allow executing file as program.
On the terminal from inside the Tor Browser directory you may also execute `chmod +x start-tor-browser.desktop` to make the file executable. Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time.
Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time.
**Note:** On Ubuntu and some other distros if you try to launch the start-tor-browser.desktop file a text file might open up.
To change this behavior and launch Tor Browser instead, follow this: Open "Files" (GNOME Files/Nautilus) → open Preferences → go to the 'Behavior' Tab → Select "Run them" or "Ask what to do" under "Executable Text Files".
If you choose the latter click on "Run" after launching the start-tor-browser.desktop file.
6. Alternatively, from inside the Tor Browser directory, you can also start from the command line by running:
`./start-tor-browser.desktop`
See here on how to [update Tor Browser](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/updating/).
