How To Install torbrowser-launcher on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install torbrowser-launcher

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install torbrowser-launcher

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is torbrowser-launcher and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install torbrowser-launcher on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install torbrowser-launcher on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install torbrowser-launcher using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install torbrowser-launcher

Install torbrowser-launcher on CentOS 8 using yum

Because torbrowser-launcher is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install torbrowser-launcher package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install torbrowser-launcher

How to upgrade (update) a single package torbrowser-launcher using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like torbrowser-launcher in this example you should use the following command:

yum update torbrowser-launcher

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade torbrowser-launcher

How to Upgrade torbrowser-launcher on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update torbrowser-launcher

How To remove torbrowser-launcher from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the torbrowser-launcher package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove torbrowser-launcher

Extra info and code examples

Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make the Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) easier to maintain and use for GNU/Linux users. torbrowser-launcher handles downloading the most recent version of TBB for you, in your language and for your architecture. It also adds a "Tor Browser" application launcher to your operating system's menu. When you first launch Tor Browser Launcher, it will download TBB from https://www.torproject.org/ and extract it to ~/.local/share/torbrowser, and then execute it. Cache and configuration files will be stored in ~/.cache/torbrowser and ~/.config/torbrowser. Each subsequent execution after installation will simply launch the most recent TBB, which is updated using Tor Browser's own update feature.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install torbrowser-launcher using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the torbrowser-launcher from CentOS 8.

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