I have downloaded tor from the tor site, and followed their instructions from that site. All goes well until I double click on the “tor-browser_en-US” icon. This icon has a lock in the bottom right-hand corner.
I don’t understand why the file is locked…I am the owner and only user of this desk-top PC (amd ryzen 5 3600). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much.
The working approach is to download the archive - and you don’t need root to use it.
Doubleclick the downloaded file and select the folder tor-browser_en-US and click Extract.
Open the extracted folder and double click on the Tor Browser Setup icon.
This opens a window - select Connect - and you will be connected - back in your folder - note the shortcut has now changed to Tor Browser - and that is it.
Thanks for your advice.
My problem is that tor-browser_en-US is locked. When I double click on it, I am told Could not enter folder /home/…
Seems like I don’t enough permissions.
We cant guess at what you have done … so maybe it would help if you showed that?
Were you using sudo in your home directory? (dont)
(I just checked … downloading the archive … it has normal permissions and is read/write ready, etc)
Changing permissions you have - without permission …
As we have no way of knowing what you have done or what other folders/files are affected - wipe your system and reinstall …
Thanks for helping. Very much appreciated.
All good now.