3 Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make the Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) easier to maintain and use for GNU/Linux users. You install ```torbrowser-launcher``` from your distribution's package manager and it handles everything else, including:
5 * Downloading the most recent version of TBB for you, in your language and for your architecture
6 * Automatically updating (while preserving your bookmarks and preferences)
7 * Verifying the TBB's [GnuPG signature](http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x135.html)
8 * Adding a "Tor Browser" application launcher to your desktop environment's menu
10 If you use Ubuntu, you can install it now from my PPA (see "Installing in Ubuntu" below). [Soon](https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher/issues/31) it will be in Debian. To install it in any other distribution, follow the "Quick Start" instructions.
14 First, clone the repository:
16 git clone https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher.git
17 cd torbrowser-launcher
19 Then install dependencies, build a package, and install:
21 ### Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint, etc.
23 sudo apt-get install build-essential python-all python-stdeb python-gtk2 python-psutil python-twisted python-pygame python-lzma wmctrl gnupg fakeroot
25 sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/torbrowser-launcher_*.deb
27 ### Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS, etc.
29 sudo yum install python-psutil python-twisted pygame wmctrl gnupg fakeroot
31 sudo yum install dist/torbrowser-launcher-*.rpm
33 ## Installing in Ubuntu
35 I've created a PPA where I'm maintaining torbrowser-launcher binaries. You can install in an Ubuntu-based distribution like this:
37 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:micahflee/ppa
39 sudo apt-get install torbrowser-launcher
41 ## Enabling AppArmor Profiles
43 AppArmor is a Linux kernel hardening technology that lets you confine specific programs to only use specific resources. For example, if you visit a website that exploits a bug in the Tor Browser to get arbitrary code execution, the attacker won't be able to access files in ~/.gnupg. Here's how you turn on the AppArmor profiles for Tor Browser Launcher and for the programs bundled in the TBB.
45 sudo apt-get install apparmor-utils
46 sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.torbrowser-launcher
47 sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/torbrowser.start-tor-browser
48 sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/torbrowser.Browser.firefox
49 sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/torbrowser.Tor.tor