Tor packages for RPM-based linux distributions.


Do not use the packages in the native repositories. They are frequently out of date. That means you'll be missing stability and security fixes.

You'll need to set up our package repository before you can fetch Tor. Assuming yum, in /etc/yum.repos.d/, create a file called torproject.repo. Edit this file with the following information: 

[torproject]
name=Tor and Vidalia
enabled=1
autorefresh=0
baseurl=http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/rpm/DISTRIBUTION/
type=rpm-md
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/rpm/RPM-GPG-KEY-torproject.org
If you wish to track the stable releases of Tor, you should substitute DISTRIBUTION with one of the following: centos4, centos5, fc13, fc14, fc15, suse

To track experimental releases, substitute DISTRIBUTION with one of these: centos4-experimental, centos5-experimental, fc13-experimental, fc14-experimental, suse-experimental

Then install Tor by running: 

yum install tor

Now Tor is installed and running. Move on to step two of the "Tor on Linux/Unix" instructions.

The DNS name deb.torproject.org is actually a set of independent servers in a DNS round-robin configuration. If for some reason you cannot use it, you might be able to access one of the individual servers instead. Try deb-master.torproject.org, mirror.netcologne.de or tor.mirror.youam.de.

Building from source


If you'd like to build from source, please follow the RPM creation instructions.

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