[tor-bugs] #7197 [Tor]: Adapt Tor installer to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor network

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#7197: Adapt Tor installer to allow users to avoid connecting to the public tor
network
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 Reporter:  proper  |          Owner:  erinn            
     Type:  defect  |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  major   |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Tor     |        Version:                   
 Keywords:          |         Parent:                   
   Points:          |   Actualpoints:                   
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Changes (by proper):

  * status:  new => needs_information
  * component:  Tor bundles/installation => Tor


Comment:

 The attached
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/7197/setup.png
 screenshot] shows a first time connection wizard written for Whonix which
 could be adapted for general Tor use in terminal. Its written in bash,
 using [http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/en/man1/dialog.1.html
 dialog] ([http://packages.debian.org/dialog debian]). Works with and
 without an X-server. In the menu you can go back and forward, have sub
 menus and so on. Option 1 (enable Tor) and option 8 (disable Tor) are
 functional (commenting in/out DisableNetwork 1), the other functions are
 textual help.

 This needs some more information...

 How could you imagine to solve this ticket?

 First, do you regard this ticket "not having a first time connection
 wizard for non-X environments" as valid issue or do you just say,
 server/deb/rpm users are unsupported or its and non-issue for them?

 Depending on interest, I could share the code on github and work on it
 some more.

 Once text/features are to your liking, it could be called a tor-setup
 deb/rpm. This also needs some input how distro packagers they would accept
 this. I imagine having the tor package pulling tor-bin and tor-setup,
 where tor-setup must be run before Tor starts. And for those who don't
 care about this setup, they just install tor-bin.

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