[tor-relays] Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released)

[marvel]

Well done for persevering. Any non-Apple OS software on Apple hardware
is inherently prone to difficulties.

> However, what I
> then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up
> and running.

I guess if nothing else, we could consider a little more OS diversity to
be a good thing.

> If someone could please send me
> the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10

The crux is; you can download a tor binary from the torproject.org
website and run it through cmd.exe. ("Command Prompt")

https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html

Windows doesn't ship with any OpenPGP implementation by default (AFAIK),
so verifying the signature will be a bit of a pain. You could use a
Windows OpenPGP implementation. E.g. Gpg4win, wingpg. But the issue is;
how do you then verify the trust of that binary. You get the idea.

Or, you can run the Windows Subsystem for Linux. (WSL) which will give
you something close to a gnu/linux runtime on Windows.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10


On 05/10/18 07:03, Keifer Bly wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> So adding to the previous discussion, I was not able to run Debian Linux
> on my machine, or the new Mac OS. What I ended up doing was formatting
> the hard drive (erasing the OS and all), then did a fresh install of
> Debian Linux, which after installing failed to load. However, what I
> then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up
> and running.
> 
>  
> 
> I have my relay fingerprint backed up. If someone could please send me
> the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10, that would be
> appreciated. I know I could run a Debian Linux virtual machine, but
> would rather not have to deal with VMs.
> 
>  
> 
> Your instructions (or ideas) are appreciated. Thank you.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
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