How to install Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux

Tor Browser is a Free Software project to allow user anonymous and private Internet web browsing. In the following tutorial we will perform installation of Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux from Arch User Repository using command line tools makepkg and pacman .

In this How to install Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux tutorial you will learn:

How to clone the latest Tor Browser AUR repository.
How to import Tor Browser PGP signatures to verify Tor Browser package
How to Build Tor Browser package
How to install Tor Browser AUR package

Successful installation of Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux.

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

Software Requirements and Linux Command Line Conventions
Category	Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used
System	Manjaro 18 Illyria Linux
Software	tor-browser 8.0.3-1 or higher
Other	Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the `sudo` command.
Conventions	# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of `sudo` command $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

How to install Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux step by step instructions

Open up the terminal and clone the latest Tor Browser AUR repository:
```
$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/tor-browser.git
```

Import the Tor Browser project PGP signature to be able to verify Tor Browser downloaded tarball during the AUR package build:

$ gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 0xEB774491D9FF06E2
gpg: key 4E2C6E8793298290: 1 duplicate signature removed
gpg: key 4E2C6E8793298290: 269 signatures not checked due to missing keys
gpg: key 4E2C6E8793298290: 1 signature reordered
gpg: /home/linuxconfig/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4E2C6E8793298290: public key "Tor Browser Developers (signing key) " imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

Build the AUR package. First navigate to the newly created tor-browser directory. Then execute the makepkg command to build the Tor Browser AUR package:
```
$ cd tor-browser/
$ makepkg -s
```
When finished the result should be the newly build Tor Browser package ready for the installation:
```
$ ls *pkg.tar.xz
tor-browser-8.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
```
Using the pacman command install Tor Browser package. Replace the package name suffix with the Tor Browser version you have compiled previously:
```
$ sudo pacman -U --noconfirm tor-browser-8.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
```
The Tor Browser installation is now complete. Use the start menu and search for Tor Browser to start browsing or simply start it from the command line:
```
$ tor-browser
```

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

How to install Tor Browser on Manjaro 18 Linux step by step instructions

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