Hello Patrice

would be great if you can share your script , thanks.

Hi,

sure, with pleasure. But I have to say I am not a professional programmer. There are surely better ways to do this, but it works for me. Before you can use it you have to make it executable with this command:

chmod +x build_tor_from_source.sh

And make sure to read the info in the script.

After that you are ready to roll.

regards

Patrice

## build_tor_from_source.sh ########################################################################

####################################################### ## This script is for a automatic installation of tor out of the sources.

## What it will do: # # 1. It downloads the newest tarball, compiles and installs it. # 2. It copies the data dir (with the keys) and the torrc. # 3. It removes all installations files. # 4. It starts tor as the current user # 5. It adds tor as crontab (@bootup) of current user # 6. changes the permissions of the tor logs, tor folder and torrc for the current user # 6. At the end it shows the logs to check the tor startup process

## What are the requirements for this installation script # # - the torrc must be in the same folder as this script # - check the paths used in this script if they fit for your system (the default paths are for Pi OS) # - this script must be in a location where it has write permisssions (for example home folder of current user)

## What this script can't do # # Tor is not compiled wioth systemd support, so this won't work until you switch it on. #######################################################

#! /bin/bash

# echo output colour # green="tput setaf 2" white="tput setaf 7" yellow="tput setaf 3" red="tput setaf 1" #####################

$yellow echo -e "\n\n####################" echo -e "# Tor Installation #" echo -e "####################\n"

# show tor version for comparison $yellow echo -e "\nTor version on the system ->" $green tor --version | cut -b 13-20 echo # new line $yellow echo -e "Tor version online available ->" $green lynx -nonumbers -dump https://dist.torproject.org | grep "https://dist.torproject.org/tor-" | grep -v "alpha" | grep -v "rc" | grep -v "asc" | tail -1 | cut -b 33-40

# question for installation $red echo -e "\n\n" read -p "Installing new version? [y/n]: " -n 1 -r echo if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] then

$green     echo -e "\nstopping tor on system...\n"     $white     sudo killall tor     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\nsystem update and installing needed packages...\n"     $white     sudo apt update     sudo apt upgrade -y     sudo apt install -y libevent-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev asciidoc lynx     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$white     build_dir="temp"     mkdir $build_dir     cd $build_dir # in ./temp

$green     echo -e "\ndownloading tor from git repo...\n"     $white     lynx -nonumbers -dump https://dist.torproject.org | grep "https://dist.torproject.org/tor-" | grep -v "alpha" | grep -v "rc" | grep -v "asc" | tail -1 | xargs wget     tar -xvf tor*.tar.gz     cd `ls -d */` # in ./temp/tor-*     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\nbacking up data dir, and changing its user..."     $white     sudo cp -arv /var/lib/tor ./tor     sudo chown -R $(whoami) ./tor     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\ncompiling, removing old version, installing new version...\n"     $white     ./configure && make && sudo make uninstall && sudo make install     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\ncopying torrc and restoring data directory...\n"     $white     sudo cp -av ../../torrc /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc     sudo chwon $(whoami):root /usr/local/etc/tor/torrc     sudo cp -arv ./tor /var/lib/tor     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

cd .. # in ./temp     cd .. # in ./

$green     echo -e "\nremoving build folder and system files...\n"     $white     sudo rm -R $build_dir     sudo apt autoclean     sudo apt autoremove     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\nadding tor as crontab to start tor on boot...\n"     $white     if sudo grep -q "@reboot /usr/local/bin/tor --quiet" /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$(whoami)     then         echo -e "tor is already present as crontab"     else         #echo -e "@reboot /usr/local/bin/tor --quiet" | sudo tee -a /var/spool/cron/crontabs/$(whoami)         echo -e "tor is added as crontab"     fi     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\nchanging user of log files...\n"     $white     sudo chown -R $(whoami) /var/log/tor     $green     echo -e "\ndone.\n"

$green     echo -e "\nstarting tor...\n"     $white     # start tor     /usr/local/bin/tor --quiet     echo # new line

$yellow     echo -e "\ntor log\n"     $white     sudo tail -c+1 -f /var/log/tor/notices.log

else     $white     exit 1 fi

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