add a tor-doc-unix file for installing a tor client on linux/bsd/unix/etc

svn:r4791

add a tor-doc-unix file for installing a tor client on linux/bsd/unix/etc
61023e74 · Roger Dingledine · 5e76bac1 · 61023e74
Commit 61023e74 authored 19 years ago by Roger Dingledine
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+<head>
+  <title>Tor Linux/BSD/Unix Install Instructions</title>
+  <meta name="Author" content="Roger Dingledine" />
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+<table class="banner" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+    <tr>
+        <td class="banner-left"></td>
+        <td class="banner-middle">
+            <a href="/index.html">Home</a>
+          | <a href="/howitworks.html">How It Works</a>
+          | <a href="/download.html">Download</a>
+          | <a href="/documentation.html">Docs</a>
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+<!-- END TITLE BAR & NAVIGATION -->
+
+<div class="center">
+
+<div class="main-column">
+
+<h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Linux/BSD/Unix</h1>
+<br />
+
+<p>
+<b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor
+client.
+If you want to run a server (please do), read the "Configuring a server" section at
+<a href="tor-doc.html#server">tor-doc.html</a>.</b>
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+<a id="installing"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
+<br />
+
+<p>
+The latest release of Tor can be found on the <a
+href="download.html">download</a> page. We have packages for Debian,
+Red Hat, Gentoo, *BSD, etc there too.
+</p>
+
+<p>If you're building from source, run <tt>tar xzf tor-0.1.0.14.tar.gz;
+cd tor-0.1.0.14</tt>. Then <tt>./configure &amp;&amp; make</tt>. Now you
+can run tor as <tt>src/or/tor</tt>, or you can run <tt>make install</tt>
+(as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can
+start it just by running <tt>tor</tt>.
+</p>
+
+<p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
+default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
+the settings. Tor is now installed.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+<a id="privoxy"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#privoxy">Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</a></h2>
+<br />
+
+<p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
+href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a>: click on 'recent releases'
+and pick your favorite package or install from source. Privoxy is a
+filtering web proxy that integrates well with Tor.
+</p>
+
+<p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
+Open Privoxy's "config" file (look in /etc/privoxy/ or /usr/local/etc/)
+and add the line <br>
+<tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
+to the top of the config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
+</p>
+
+<p>Privoxy keeps a log file of everything passed through it.  In
+order to stop this you will need to comment out two lines by inserting a
+# before the line. The two lines are:<br>
+<tt>logfile logfile</tt><br>
+and the line <br>
+<tt>jarfile jarfile</tt><br>
+</p>
+
+<p>You'll need to restart Privoxy for the changes to take effect.</p>
+
+<hr />
+<a id="using"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
+<br />
+
+<p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
+applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
+
+<p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <a
+href="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up
+a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
+direct connection.</p>
+
+<p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxy
+at localhost port 8118.
+(That's where Privoxy listens.)
+In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
+In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
+You should click the "use the same proxy server for all protocols"
+button; but see <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
+note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.
+
+<p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
+leak your DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which
+is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous
+headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like
+Doubleclick.</p>
+
+<p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
+point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
+directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
+your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
+FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
+that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
+href="http://tsocks.sourceforge.net/">tsocks</a> or <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO#socat">socat</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
+<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
+HOWTO</a>.
+</p>
+
+<hr />
+<a id="verify"></a>
+<h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
+<br />
+
+<p>
+<a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
+<a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
+are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
+from.
+</p>
+
+<p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
+very useful test. To learn your IP address, run "<tt>ifconfig</tt>".
+If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
+to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
+your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
+your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
+to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
+</p>
+
+<p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
+ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
+your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
+your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
+it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
+FAQ entry</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>If it's still not working, look at <a
+href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
+FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
+
+<hr />
+
+<p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
+them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
+website category. Thanks!</p>
+
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