tor-browser on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "tor-browser" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install tor-browser on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S tor-browser

* (Optional) Uninstall tor-browser on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns tor-browser

2. Manually Install "tor-browser" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone tor-browser's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tor-browser.git ~/tor-browser

c. Go to ~/tor-browser folder and install it

$ cd ~/tor-browser $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the tor-browser package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1132690
Name: tor-browser
PackageBaseID: 120918
PackageBase: tor-browser
Version: 11.5.2-1
Description: Tor Browser Bundle: anonymous browsing using Firefox and Tor (international PKGBUILD)
URL: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html
NumVotes: 1228
Popularity: 11.088622
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: grufo
FirstSubmitted: 1490271872
LastModified: 1661817095
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/tor-browser.tar.gz