help with Tor installation

[oneis]

Hello,

Could someone please help me with a basic TOR installation for my Ubuntu 11.1?

The website torproject.org, well their directions are gibberish to me so i could really use a walkthrough.


Thank you so much..

oneis

[haqking]

Hello,

Could someone please help me with a basic TOR installation for my Ubuntu 11.1?

The website torproject.org, well their directions are gibberish to me so i could really use a walkthrough.


Thank you so much..

oneis

a good guide from a friend of mine on here can be found at

http://dangertux.wordpress.com/tutorials/tor-polipo-5-minute-install-guide-ubuntu-11-0411-10/

[oneis]

OK I have TOR installed but I am getting some serious failures, it tells me that the :

Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Notice] Tor v0.2.1.30. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux x86_64)
Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.12-stable using method epoll. Good.
Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Oct 22 00:59:46.437 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
Oct 22 01:02:31.152 [Notice] Tor v0.2.1.30. This is experimental software. Do not rely on it for strong anonymity. (Running on Linux x86_64)
Oct 22 01:02:31.152 [Notice] Initialized libevent version 2.0.12-stable using method epoll. Good.
Oct 22 01:02:31.152 [Notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Oct 22 01:02:31.152 [Warning] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
Oct 22 01:02:31.153 [Warning] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
Oct 22 01:02:31.153 [Error] Reading config failed--see warnings above.


I have had no trouble using TOR on windows or MAC but this has thrown me for a major loop...maybe one of the experts could come check out this log and let me know whats going on,,,,

I have torbutton installed, I have tried configuring firefox to run port 8118, I have tried restarting polipo....im just not sure what to do!

(now I see why there are coffee beans here, because I need about a pot and a half to figure this out!!)