[tor-talk] updating Tor

Lunar lunar at torproject.org
Sun Oct 19 11:39:12 UTC 2014


Zenaan Harkness:
> On 10/19/14, Lunar <lunar at torproject.org> wrote:
> > Hartmut Haase:
> >> how do I update Tor in Linux without loosing my data? InWin7 it is quite
> >> easy.
> >
> > Tor Browser 4.0 now contains an automated upgrade system. To start the
> > update, go to the Help menu, open About Tor Browser. If there's an
> > upgrade available, there will be a button right there.
> 
> Some of us support/admin more than one computer of the same OS.
> Does this TBB 4.0 upgrade-with-state function, support offline upgrade
> on Debian GNU/Linux - ie download installer, save somewhere, and
> update an existing TBB installation, maintaining state (eg guard node,
> bookmarks)?

I don't think so. But you could help with #13252 which might pave the
way for differentiating Tor Browser from its user data.

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Lunar                                             <lunar at torproject.org>
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