How To Install torbrowser-launcher on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install torbrowser-launcher
on Fedora 36.
What is torbrowser-launcher
Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make Tor Browser easier to install and use for GNU/Linux users. You install torbrowser-launcher from your distribution’s package manager and it handles everything else * Downloads and installs the most recent version of Tor Browser in your language and for your computer’s architecture, or launches Tor Browser if it’s already installed (Tor Browser will automatically update itself) * Verifies Tor Browser’s signature for you, to ensure the version you downloaded was cryptographically signed by Tor developers and was not tampered with * Adds “Tor Browser” and “Tor Browser Launcher Settings” application launcher to your desktop environment’s menu * Optionally plays a modem sound when you open Tor Browser (because Tor is so slow)
We can use yum
or dnf
to install torbrowser-launcher
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install torbrowser-launcher.
Install torbrowser-launcher on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install torbrowser-launcher
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install torbrowser-launcher
Install torbrowser-launcher on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install torbrowser-launcher
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install torbrowser-launcher
How To Uninstall torbrowser-launcher on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the torbrowser-launcher
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove torbrowser-launcher
torbrowser-launcher Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/torbrowser-launcher
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher-0.3.5-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/launcher.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/launcher.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/__pycache__/settings.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/launcher.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/torbrowser_launcher/settings.py
/usr/share/appdata/torbrowser-launcher.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/torbrowser-settings.desktop
/usr/share/applications/torbrowser.desktop
/usr/share/doc/torbrowser-launcher
/usr/share/doc/torbrowser-launcher/README.md
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/torbrowser.png
/usr/share/licenses/torbrowser-launcher
/usr/share/licenses/torbrowser-launcher/LICENSE
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/torbrowser-launcher.mo
/usr/share/metainfo/torbrowser.appdata.xml
/usr/share/torbrowser-launcher/mirrors.txt
/usr/share/torbrowser-launcher/tor-browser-developers.asc
/usr/share/torbrowser-launcher/version
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install torbrowser-launcher
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).