NOTE: This guide has been made for Ubuntu Linux. The installation of the Tor program only requires a few steps to install and setup and the benefits are more privacy and security on the internet.

Add the Tor repository to your sources.list:

"deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org karmic main"

Note: if you have not upgraded to karmic you can change “karmic” to the name of the Ubuntu version your on (ie: jaunty)

After adding the repository you have to add the gpg key so open a terminal (or if you already have one open) and type this:

"gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89" and
"gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -"

Then you will want to refresh your apt and and install tor with these commands

"sudo apt-get update"
"sudo apt-get install"

Now that you have Tor installed you can run it but it is always nice to have a pretty interface right? in that case you would want to apt-get install Vidalia from the Ubuntu repositories

"sudo apt-get install vidalia"

Now you should be done unless your getting an error through Vidalia that says that Tor is already running if you get this message it means that the Tor daemon started running after the package was installed and all you have to do is stop the daemon using this command

"sudo /etc/init.d/tor stop"

This will stop the daemon and will allow you to control Tor through Vidalia.

You have now made yourself anonymous to others on the Internet.

Other Browsers: To use Tor in a browser besides Firefox(with the torbutton addon) such as Google Chrome or Opera or if you want to use it in other applications that connect to the Internet go to the Proxy Settings and make sure they are set to SOCKS 5 on 127.0.0.1(localhost) on port 9050.

Enjoy your increased privacy,

-John

Note: there are packages for other distros on the tor website (https://www.torproject.org/)

Outside Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/

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