Script: Ubuntu Tor Scripted Install

There are alot of "How to install Tor on Ubuntu" guides out there, but they all require a bit of familiarity with the OS. To help people that aren't quite up to par with using the terminal extensively or managing packages yet get quick access to tor, I wrote a quick script to help automate the process. You can download the script here.

This script follows the basic install guide for Ubuntu 9.10 on the tor website.

Just download the script, then run the following commands:

chmod a+x ubuntu_tor.sh

sudo ./ubuntu_tor.sh

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#!/bin/bash
#Automatic Tor Installation and local proxy configuration for Ubuntu.
#Version 1.0

if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
    echo "This script must be run as root or using sudo"
    exit 1
fi

echo "deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org $(cat /etc/lsb-release |grep CODENAME|sed 's/\=/ /g'|awk '{print $2}') main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

if [ $HOME != "/root" ]; then

sudo -u $(echo $HOME |cut -d/ -f3) gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89

sudo -u $(echo $HOME |cut -d/ -f3) gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add -

fi

if [ $HOME == "/root" ]; then

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

fi

apt-get update
apt-get install tor tor-geoipdb polipo vidalia
apt-get remove privoxy

wget https://svn.torproject.org/svn/torbrowser/trunk/build-scripts/config/polipo.conf

cp polipo.conf /etc/polipo/config
cp polipo.conf ~/.polipo

/etc/init.d/polipo restart
/etc/init.d/tor stop

firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2275

vidalia