[tor-commits] [manual/develop] Fix #39

gus at torproject.org gus at torproject.org
Fri Jul 9 17:07:35 UTC 2021


commit b20f06431df5e3c5fe6fefe0a7444127d4485da1
Author: championquizzer <championquizzer at gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 29 16:47:26 2021 +0530

    Fix #39
---
 content/installation/contents.lr | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/installation/contents.lr b/content/installation/contents.lr
index 732b241..80eef95 100644
--- a/content/installation/contents.lr
+++ b/content/installation/contents.lr
@@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ For GNU/Linux:
 5. You'll need to tell your GNU/Linux that you want the ability to execute shell scripts from the graphical interface or the command line.
    Navigate to the newly extracted Tor Browser directory.
    Right click on `start-tor-browser.desktop`, open Properties or Preferences and change the permission to allow executing file as program.
-   On the terminal from inside the Tor Browser directory you may also execute `chmod +x start-tor-browser.desktop` to make the file executable. Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time. 
+   Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time.
+
+   **Note:** On Ubuntu and some other distros if you try to launch the start-tor-browser.desktop file a text file might open up.
+To change this behavior and launch Tor Browser instead, follow this: Open "Files" (GNOME Files/Nautilus) → open Preferences → go to the 'Behavior' Tab → Select "Run them" or "Ask what to do" under "Executable Text Files".
+If you choose the latter click on "Run" after launching the start-tor-browser.desktop file.
 
 6. Alternatively, from inside the Tor Browser directory, you can also start from the command line by running:
 
    `./start-tor-browser.desktop`
 
-
 See here on how to [update Tor Browser](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/updating/).





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