On May 31, 2020, at 09:49, Pac-Man rfburner@protonmail.com wrote:

When will there be support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? There does not seem to be a repo setup where you can use focal.

I assume that you're trying to follow the instructions on

https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en

and you're frustrated by the fact that the tool doesn't give a source list for Ubuntu 20.04, in spite of the warning to "Do not use the packages in Ubuntu's universe. In the past they have not reliably been updated. That means you could be missing stability and security fixes."

Since 20.04 has been out less than two months, I'm not entirely surprised that the web page hasn't been updated yet.

You could just ignore the warning, and install from the default Ubuntu repos:

sudo apt install tor

which will give you Tor version 0.4.2.7. Then, given the warning above, watch for the debian installation page to be updated and switch to a Tor repo as soon as one is available, thus addressing the "not reliably updated" concerns.

Perhaps even better, I just tried using the instructions for bionic, but substituting "focal" for "bionic" in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. That gave me a quite-current Tor version 0.4.3.5. So the repo is apparently actually available, it's just that the web page hasn't been updated yet.

The actual commands I used:

Append to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal main deb-src https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal main

Install the repo signing key:

apt install gnupg2 dirmngr ; \ wget https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E88... ; \ apt-key add <A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc ; \ apt update ; \ apt install tor deb.torproject.org-keyring

Sorry that you had a frustrating experience. Tor is a volunteer effort and Ubuntu 20.04 is pretty bleeding-edge given that it was just released in April. Often the documentation lags a bit. I have run into a number of well-maintained commercial packages that don't yet have official support for focal, so I think you were simply a victim of unfortunate timing.

--(just a Tor supporter and relay operator, not in any way a spokesperson for torproject.org)Ron

I have a relay on Focal Fossa and it required some research for me too but this is the repository you need to add.

deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal main deb-src https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal main

Am Mo., 1. Juni 2020 um 10:36 Uhr schrieb Pac-Man rfburner@protonmail.com:

When will there be support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? There does not seem to be a repo setup where you can use focal. I have plenty of bandwidth and everything to run a really good relay, but getting any kind of help is not happening. I have reached out to the TOR Project community and have received no answer. HOW do you expect new people to become a part of the TOR network when no one is there to answer any questions? Everything on youtube is old and outdated and no one seems to want to keep any software projects going. Maybe one day I will be good enough at this to help people in realtime, but until then unless there is anyone that is willing to help me I am going to probably mothball my relay. I am sad about it but life goes on. Other projects have needs as well.

Rgds,

Nicholas Miller Pacman

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