topic title: [SOLVED] Browsing with Tor
Posts: 153
andfree
Joined: 16 Jan 2016
#1
Can I browse with Tor? I installed it via terminal, but I don't see it at the menu. I also downloaded the Tor Browser from the torproject site, but when I click on start-tor-browser.desktop icon, a window with this message opens:

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Unsupported escape character in 'sh -c '"$(dirname"$*")"/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach || ([ ! -x"$(dirname"$*")"/Browser/start-tor-browser ] &&"$(dirname"$*")"/start-tor-browser --detach)' dummy %k' in '/home/name/Desktop/tor-browser-linux32-5.5.2_en-US/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop'
Last edited by andfree on 08 Jul 2017, 15:52, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Maybe start over and uninstall the
I installed it via terminal
first. The 2 installs might conflicting with each other.
I quit using TOR ages ago. I just keep this in mind instead.

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=2434"
linktext was:"http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtop ... 3baeb06ae4"
====================================


Besides. TOR disables flash and java as part of it's security setup. So might as well use Links2 or Dillo to browse instead.
Posts: 153
andfree
Joined: 16 Jan 2016
#3
Hi. For a long period, I did nothing about the issue. Today I tried to install the Tor Browser via meta-package installer, and"Tor-Browser" appeared at the Menu. But when I click on it to start it, a"Downloading and installing Tor Browser for the first time" window appears. After completing the 100% of the progress, a new window appear:"SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FAILED - You might be under attack, or there might just be a networking problem. Click Start try the download again". Any idea, please?
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skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#4
w w w . google . com/#q=tor+browser+SIGNATURE+VERIFICATION+FAILED

^---------- indicates it's a known issue, and the #1 search result
github . com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/263
provides a workaround/solution
Posts: 153
andfree
Joined: 16 Jan 2016
#5
skidoo wrote:w w w . google . com/#q=tor+browser+SIGNATURE+VERIFICATION+FAILED

^---------- indicates it's a known issue, and the #1 search result
github . com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/263
provides a workaround/solution
You' re right. This line solved the problem:

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gpg --homedir"$HOME/.local/share/torbrowser/gnupg_homedir/" --refresh-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu
After reboot, the tor browser opens without problem. Thank you.