[tor-bugs] #5236 [Tor bundles/installation]: Make a deb of the Torbrowser and add to repository

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Wed Mar 21 13:59:00 UTC 2012


#5236: Make a deb of the Torbrowser and add to repository
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:                   
     Type:  enhancement               |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                   
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:                   
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:                   
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 > Are there any reasons that this wouldn't be a fine solution?

 Yes, dpkg isn't supposed to manage stuff in home. The .deb should install
 to /usr/bin and so on like any other package.

 >There is no 'install' of the torbrowser, so apt-get install is incorrect
 to start. Torbrowser includes tor and vidalia, so installing those two are
 redundant.

 When installing the forked/patched Firefox which we call TorBrowser (as
 opposed to TorBrowser*Bundle*) via apt-get the user is supposed to have
 root privs, take care of disk leakage (by using FDE) and install and
 configure Tor manually. This is not a request for a portable bundle that
 can be distributed via a .deb instead of a tar archive.

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