Installing Tor

[moto1860]

I'm trying to install tor following the instructions on their website, I've downloaded my 64-bit file which is now in my downloads folder.

Download the architecture-appropriate file above, save it somewhere, then run one of the following two commands to extract the package archive:
tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_LANG.tar.xz

xxxxx-non-vPro:~$ tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_LANG.tar.xztar (child): tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_LANG.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
xxxxx-non-vPro:~$

How do I go on about it? Thanks

[NM5TF]

I guess we shall assume that you were in your Downloads folder when you ran the above command ???

like this....

[tommy@tommy ~]$ cd Downloads
[tommy@tommy Downloads]$

[moto1860]

avo@avo-Latitude-E5430-non-vPro:~$ cd Downloadsavo@avo-Latitude-E5430-non-vPro:~/Downloads$ tar -xvJf tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_LANG.tar.xz
tar (child): tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_LANG.tar.xz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
avo@avo-Latitude-E5430-non-vPro:~/Downloads$

[deadflowr]

I'm not sure there is any such version for LANG.
That should be replaced with your Language version.

But the easiest way to get it right is to input the first few characters of the filename and then hit the TAB key.
That will autofill the correct filename.

[NM5TF]

@moto1860

while in your Downloads folder type

ls

that will list all files in the folder.....look for the tor-browser file...I suspect that deadflower is correct as usual and the LANG portion of the file
name will be something other than just LANG.....maybe something like tor-browser-linux64-8.0.8_ENG.tar.xz if your preferred language is English

type

tar -xvjf

then just copy/paste the correct file name into the command & run it

[Rubi1200]

If you are on 18.04 then I do not understand why you are trying to do it like this when Tor is available in the repositories:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/tor

Install Synaptic Package Manager, search for Tor, mark for installation and then search in applications and run, could not be easier.

And another thing, just some friendly advice: first search the package list for your version before running around on the internet trying to download and install from tar. You will save yourself a lot of work and headaches.

[moto1860]

If you are on 18.04 then I do not understand why you are trying to do it like this when Tor is available in the repositories:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/tor

Install Synaptic Package Manager, search for Tor, mark for installation and then search in applications and run, could not be easier.

And another thing, just some friendly advice: first search the package list for your version before running around on the internet trying to download and install from tar. You will save yourself a lot of work and headaches.

I don't know what goes wrong but when I search for it in the applications it doesn't show....
It shows among installed under Ubuntu Software. From there I hit 'launch', nothing happens.

[Rubi1200]

If you open a terminal and start it

tor

what error messages, if any, do you get?

[moto1860]

avo@avo-Latitude-E5430-non-vPro:~$ torMay 09 04:23:20.131 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.10 (git-0edaa32732ec8930) running on Linux with Libevent 2.1.8-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.0g, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma 5.2.2, and Libzstd 1.3.3.
May 09 04:23:20.131 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
May 09 04:23:20.138 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".
May 09 04:23:20.141 [notice] Scheduler type KIST has been enabled.
May 09 04:23:20.141 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
May 09 04:23:20.141 [warn] Could not bind to 127.0.0.1:9050: Address already in use. Is Tor already running?
May 09 04:23:20.141 [warn] Failed to parse/validate config: Failed to bind one of the listener ports.
May 09 04:23:20.141 [err] Reading config failed--see warnings above.
avo@avo-Latitude-E5430-non-vPro:~$

sorry for the late replies guys, doing night shifts at work.

[moto1860]

Any ideas?