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  34. <h1>Running the <a href="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</a> client on Linux/BSD/Unix</h1>
  35. <br />
  36. <p>
  37. <b>Note that these are the installation instructions for running a Tor
  38. client. If you want to run a server (please do), read the <a
  39. href="tor-doc-server.html">Configuring a server</a> guide.</b>
  40. </p>
  41. <hr />
  42. <a id="installing"></a>
  43. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#installing">Step One: Download and Install Tor</a></h2>
  44. <br />
  45. <p>
  46. The latest release of Tor can be found on the <a
  47. href="/download.html">download</a> page. We have packages for Debian,
  48. Red Hat, Gentoo, *BSD, etc there too.
  49. </p>
  50. <p>If you're building from source, first install <a
  51. href="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/">libevent</a>, and
  52. make sure you have openssl and zlib (including the -devel packages if
  53. applicable). Then Run <tt>tar xzf tor-0.1.0.14.tar.gz;
  54. cd tor-0.1.0.14</tt>. Then <tt>./configure &amp;&amp; make</tt>. Now you
  55. can run tor as <tt>src/or/tor</tt>, or you can run <tt>make install</tt>
  56. (as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can
  57. start it just by running <tt>tor</tt>.
  58. </p>
  59. <p>Tor comes configured as a client by default. It uses a built-in
  60. default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of
  61. the settings. Tor is now installed.
  62. </p>
  63. <hr />
  64. <a id="privoxy"></a>
  65. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#privoxy">Step Two: Install Privoxy for Web Browsing</a></h2>
  66. <br />
  67. <p>After installing Tor, you need to configure your applications to use it.
  68. </p>
  69. <p>
  70. The first step is to set up web browsing. Start by installing <a
  71. href="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</a>: click on 'recent releases'
  72. and pick your favorite package or install from source. Privoxy is a
  73. filtering web proxy that integrates well with Tor.
  74. </p>
  75. <p>You need to configure Privoxy to use Tor.
  76. Open Privoxy's "config" file (look in /etc/privoxy/ or /usr/local/etc/)
  77. and add the line <br>
  78. <tt>forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .</tt><br>
  79. to the top of the config file. Don't forget to add the dot at the end.
  80. </p>
  81. <p>Privoxy keeps a log file of everything passed through it. In
  82. order to stop this you will need to comment out two lines by inserting a
  83. # before the line. The two lines are:<br>
  84. <tt>logfile logfile</tt><br>
  85. and the line <br>
  86. <tt>jarfile jarfile</tt><br>
  87. </p>
  88. <p>You'll need to restart Privoxy for the changes to take effect.</p>
  89. <hr />
  90. <a id="using"></a>
  91. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#using">Step Three: Configure your applications to use Tor</a></h2>
  92. <br />
  93. <p>After installing Tor and Privoxy, you need to configure your
  94. applications to use them. The first step is to set up web browsing.</p>
  95. <p>If you're using Firefox (we recommend it), check out our <a
  96. href="tor-switchproxy.html">Tor SwitchProxy howto</a> to set up
  97. a plugin that makes it easy to switch between using Tor and using a
  98. direct connection.</p>
  99. <p>Otherwise, you need to manually configure your browser to HTTP proxy
  100. at localhost port 8118.
  101. (That's where Privoxy listens.)
  102. In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.
  103. In Opera 7.5x it's Tools|Preferences|Network|Proxy servers.
  104. You should click the "use the same proxy server for all protocols"
  105. button; but see <a
  106. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FtpProxy">this
  107. note</a> about Tor and ftp proxies.
  108. <p>Using privoxy is <strong>necessary</strong> because <a
  109. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">browsers
  110. leak your DNS requests when they use a SOCKS proxy directly</a>, which
  111. is bad for your anonymity. Privoxy also removes certain dangerous
  112. headers from your web requests, and blocks obnoxious ad sites like
  113. Doubleclick.</p>
  114. <p>To Torify other applications that support HTTP proxies, just
  115. point them at Privoxy (that is, localhost port 8118). To use SOCKS
  116. directly (for instant messaging, Jabber, IRC, etc), you can point
  117. your application directly at Tor (localhost port 9050), but see <a
  118. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS">this
  119. FAQ entry</a> for why this may be dangerous. For applications
  120. that support neither SOCKS nor HTTP, take a look at <a
  121. href="http://tsocks.sourceforge.net/">tsocks</a> or <a
  122. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO#socat">socat</a>.
  123. </p>
  124. <p>For information on how to Torify other applications, check out the
  125. <a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO">Torify
  126. HOWTO</a>.
  127. </p>
  128. <hr />
  129. <a id="verify"></a>
  130. <h2><a class="anchor" href="#verify">Step Four: Make sure it's working</a></h2>
  131. <br />
  132. <p>
  133. <a href="http://ipid.shat.net">ipid.shat.net</a> and
  134. <a href="http://www.showmyip.com/">showmyip.com</a>
  135. are sites that show what IP address and country you appear to be coming
  136. from.
  137. </p>
  138. <p>If you don't know your current public IP address, this may not be a
  139. very useful test. To learn your IP address, run "<tt>ifconfig</tt>".
  140. If you are behind a NAT or firewall, though, you won't be able
  141. to learn your public IP address. In this case, you should 1) configure
  142. your browser to connect directly (that is, stop using Privoxy), 2) check
  143. your IP address with one of the sites above, 3) point your browser back
  144. to Privoxy, and 4) see whether your IP address has changed.
  145. </p>
  146. <p>If you have a personal firewall that limits your computer's
  147. ability to connect to itself, be sure to allow connections from
  148. your local applications to local port 8118 and port 9050. If
  149. your firewall blocks outgoing connections, punch a hole so
  150. it can connect to at least TCP ports 80 and 443, and then see <a
  151. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#FirewalledClient">this
  152. FAQ entry</a>.
  153. </p>
  154. <p>If it's still not working, look at <a
  155. href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ItDoesntWork">this
  156. FAQ entry</a> for hints.</p>
  157. <hr />
  158. <p>If you have suggestions for improving this document, please post
  159. them on <a href="http://bugs.noreply.org/tor">our bugtracker</a> in the
  160. website category. Thanks!</p>
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