Guys, I'm experiencing another problem. When I try to run an Ubuntu software update, the program keeps telling me that the update won't work because it's recognizing Tor as an unsecured program (I guess Tor needs to be updated as well). Is there any way that I can get around this issue?
Yes. There are two ways to handle Tor.
1) Get it from the software center, which will automatically update (maybe...or apparently not in your case)
2) Download the tarball (compressed folder with everything in it from Tor's website directly)
I use option #2. The upside is that you don't have to deal with automatic software updates getting angry (avoiding your problem). The downside is that I have to download the tarball every time Tor updates.
You could try pasting the following commands into the terminal (I haven't tested it because I already have Tor and don't want to waste bandwidth downloading it again)
or if that fails follow these instructions...
Instructions:
1) Go here:
https://www.torproject.org/download/download2) Select linux, and choose Download Tor Browser Bundle
3) Move that file wherever you want to place Tor
4) In terminal, navigate to where you put the tarball and run:
tar -zxvf NAMEOFTHETARBALLHERE
5) Now you can delete the .tar.gz file, and all you have left is the uncompressed folder. Go inside, and run the start tor browser script. It should work right away.