From 9754e29c796ef6fc72492979e45a9c1467cd8898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Dingledine
If you got Tor from a tarball, unpack it: tar xzf -tor-0.0.9.9.tar.gz; cd tor-0.0.9.9. Run ./configure, then +tor-0.1.0.10.tar.gz; cd tor-0.1.0.10. Run ./configure, then make, and then make install (as root if necessary). Then you can launch tor from the command-line by running tor. Otherwise, if you got it prepackaged, these steps are already done @@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ for you, and you may even already have Tor started in the background default configuration file, and most people won't need to change any of the settings.
+See the Windows instructions or the +OS X instructions if you're using those. +The below are generic instructions for Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc. +
+
After installing Tor, you should install privoxy, which is a filtering web
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ To configure privoxy to use Tor, add the line
forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .
(don't forget the dot) to privoxy's config file (you can just add it to the
top). Then change your browser to http proxy at localhost port 8118.
-(In Mozilla, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.)
+(In Firefox on Linux, this is in Edit|Preferences|Advanced|Proxies.)
You should also set your SSL proxy to the same
thing, to hide your SSL traffic. Using privoxy is necessary because