HowTo: LMDE, TOR and Chrome/Chromium
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:36 pm
This is all now unnecessary.
Simply sudo apt-get install tor polipo
restart
Start Chrome and go to the Chrome Store and search for "Quick Proxy" and install. In Quick proxy click on Add, call it TOR, Manual, Socks5, Host = 127.0.0.1 and Port = 9050. Save. Job done.
Forget below it is now history.
This HowTo is specifically aimed at getting TOR to work in Chrome. For more general uses of TOR see craigevil's links in the post below.
Install of Tor is based on this Ubuntu HowTo, but the result works with Debian as well.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tor
From Synaptic install the package Tor
From Synaptic install the package Polipo
or
sudo apt-get install tor
sudo apt-get install polipo
Save the contents of this page as polipo.conf
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowse ... olipo.conf
As sudo copy the new polipo.conf to /etc/polipo/polipo.conf
or
sudo mv -i /etc/polipo/config /etc/polipo/config.orig
sudo mv -i ~/Downloads/polipo.conf /etc/polipo/config <- if you saved it in Downloads
Restart computer
or
sudo /etc/init.d/tor start
sudo /etc/init.d/polipo start
Inside Chrome go to the web store and search on proxy and in the list find Proxy Switchy! Install it.
Then from Chrome right click on the Proxy Switchy! icon and select Options
Create a Tor profile and select manual configuration and in HTTP Proxy and HTTPS Proxy enter localhost and port 8118
Edit: I now use Proxy Anywhere with localhost and 8118. Proxy Switchy does not seem to work with Gnome 3.2. Proxy Anywhere is a simple green/grey on/off button.
Edit2: Proxy Anywhere has disappeared from the Chrome Store, do a search and get it from GitHub. Or try one of the other proxy switchers.
Then in Chrome you have an extension icon that is a little grey globe that you click on and select Tor. The globe turns green to show the proxy is active. Click again and select direct connection and it returns to grey.
To test that it works
https://check.torproject.org/
http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
For Firefox the configuration is similar. I use the FoxyProxy Standard addon.
Now you can toggle anonymous web surfing on and off as you desire.
Note: There are other ways of using Tor - standalone or in conjunction with other programs like Vidalia. The Polipo approach works well with LMDE and Chrome. It will also work with Firefox. These instructions should also work with all variants of Mint. If you are using Xfce you may have problems with Chrome and Proxies as Chrome does not directly support Xfce. Firefox and Tor will work in Xfce using the above instructions.
Simply sudo apt-get install tor polipo
restart
Start Chrome and go to the Chrome Store and search for "Quick Proxy" and install. In Quick proxy click on Add, call it TOR, Manual, Socks5, Host = 127.0.0.1 and Port = 9050. Save. Job done.
Forget below it is now history.
This HowTo is specifically aimed at getting TOR to work in Chrome. For more general uses of TOR see craigevil's links in the post below.
Install of Tor is based on this Ubuntu HowTo, but the result works with Debian as well.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tor
From Synaptic install the package Tor
From Synaptic install the package Polipo
or
sudo apt-get install tor
sudo apt-get install polipo
Save the contents of this page as polipo.conf
https://gitweb.torproject.org/torbrowse ... olipo.conf
As sudo copy the new polipo.conf to /etc/polipo/polipo.conf
or
sudo mv -i /etc/polipo/config /etc/polipo/config.orig
sudo mv -i ~/Downloads/polipo.conf /etc/polipo/config <- if you saved it in Downloads
Restart computer
or
sudo /etc/init.d/tor start
sudo /etc/init.d/polipo start
Inside Chrome go to the web store and search on proxy and in the list find Proxy Switchy! Install it.
Then from Chrome right click on the Proxy Switchy! icon and select Options
Create a Tor profile and select manual configuration and in HTTP Proxy and HTTPS Proxy enter localhost and port 8118
Edit: I now use Proxy Anywhere with localhost and 8118. Proxy Switchy does not seem to work with Gnome 3.2. Proxy Anywhere is a simple green/grey on/off button.
Edit2: Proxy Anywhere has disappeared from the Chrome Store, do a search and get it from GitHub. Or try one of the other proxy switchers.
Then in Chrome you have an extension icon that is a little grey globe that you click on and select Tor. The globe turns green to show the proxy is active. Click again and select direct connection and it returns to grey.
To test that it works
https://check.torproject.org/
http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
For Firefox the configuration is similar. I use the FoxyProxy Standard addon.
Now you can toggle anonymous web surfing on and off as you desire.
Note: There are other ways of using Tor - standalone or in conjunction with other programs like Vidalia. The Polipo approach works well with LMDE and Chrome. It will also work with Firefox. These instructions should also work with all variants of Mint. If you are using Xfce you may have problems with Chrome and Proxies as Chrome does not directly support Xfce. Firefox and Tor will work in Xfce using the above instructions.