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installing tor on backtrack 5 r3 through root,bypassing the "not to be run as root" e - cheeseurdeid96 - Feb 24, 2013

OK so to start i'm going to assume you have done nothing to very little on back track to do this but you will need some basic computer skills,

1. Install gedit - as simple as it sound you are installing the text editor gedit, so open the terminal and type/copy and paste this command:

apt-get install gedit

2. Download Tor Browser Bundle using the link ill provide. Just pick the one that suits you, either if it’s 32-bit or 64-bit,

https://www.torproject.org/download/download

3.save the file to your desktop and and copy its name (it will need to be unzipped)

4.when the download is completed (100%) run the commands-

cd Desktop

tar -zvxf <file-name>

the <file-name> being the file name you copied earlier

then click extract

5. you should see on your desktop there is a folder now called "tor-browser_en-US", open it and you should see 5 folders and a tor launcher , if you try and run it you should get the error "cannot be run as root"

6.now comes the fun bit , OK so you need to right click on the tor launcher and click open with >gedit

7. now you should see all the coding for the the launcher, you want to press ctrl +f and type "the tor browser bundle"
(for the record i took this image from another website )
http://www.wiztechie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/install-tor-in-backtrack-5_9.jpg
and you want to change it to
http://www.wiztechie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/install-tor-in-backtrack-5_10.jpg

8. now simply save and then double click on the launcher it should come up with tor running as root and then open a window with a loading bar , leave it until the bar is fully loaded then it should open a whole new browser in tor

i hope this was helpful to someone and any improvements post them below and i will amend it (the images you see are not my own , i take no responsibility for them

* - Loki123 - Feb 24, 2013

You would wan't to run tor as root because ????

* - PigBacon - Feb 24, 2013

Or just don't run it as root.

Code 
# adduser toru

...

# su -u toru tor-command-here

* - eZd0ezIT - Feb 24, 2013

Put this in /etc/apt/sources.list

Code 
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main

Execute these commands:

Code 
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89

gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -

apt-get update

apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb

/etc/init.d/tor start

And you'll have TOR. Easier. Btw, why are you installing gedit while its already included with Backtrack?

* - cheeseurdeid96 - Feb 25, 2013

(Feb 24, 2013 11:21 PM)eZd0ezIT Wrote: Put this in /etc/apt/sources.list

Code
deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org lucid main

Execute these commands:

Code
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add - apt-get update apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb /etc/init.d/tor start

And you'll have TOR. Easier. Btw, why are you installing gedit while its already included with Backtrack?

sorry i forgot i was specilising it to r3 as r1 and r2 dont come with it preinstalled for me ??

also in reply to the other comments , it prevents you from runningit in root this is my solution , if you dont like please forgive me for wasting your time :D

* - iWaterMelon - May 21, 2013

I just want to know how to root in general could show me?