[tor-talk] Any problem installing TBB & Vidalia bundle on same machine?

[Roger Dingledine]

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 05:34:08PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote:
>   But, still like to know if can  
> install both vidalia bundle & Tor browser bundle at same time (even if  
> not running at same time).

Installing both at once is no problem -- TBB doesn't require any
"install", so there's nothing to conflict.

But running both at once won't work currently: the Tor in each of them
tries to bind to the same ports, so the first one to run will win and
the second one to run will lose.

We're actually trying to fix that so they can be run together though.
Keep an eye on upcoming TBB announcements.

> Like you, I might have other apps I want to run thru Tor, but don't  
> necessarily want Tor browser open.

I agree. I wonder if we should come up with some option in the TBB
Vidalia 'advanced' window, along the lines of "don't close TBB when
Firefox closes".

Vidalia is working on a plugin approach, so for example that checkbox
might become an option in the "TBB panel" in Vidalia.

--Roger