[tor-talk] tor out of date

[Geoff Down]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012, at 03:53 PM, Robert Ransom wrote:
> On 2012-01-19, Praedor <praedor at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I KNEW this would happen as people suggested it.  I do NOT want the tor
> > browser bundle, I want to run a tor relay.  I installed my linux distro's
> > tor package and, just as I knew it would be, it is out of date.  I go to the
> > tor website and it no longer offers tor standalone, doesn't even provide for
> > tor sourcecode.
> 
> See https://www.torproject.org/download/download .  (The easy download
> page (https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy) provides a
> link to that: “Looking For Something Else? View All Downloads”)
> 
> > TBB is NOT setup for running fulltime relays or exits.  You MUST provide the
> > basic tor package too!
> 
> We do.  See https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian and
> https://www.torproject.org/docs/rpms for instructions for Debian,
> Ubuntu and some RPM-based distributions; if we don't provide a package
> for your distribution, you can still build from source.
> 
 You can build from source if you have the expertise (and obsolete
 developer tools) to build from source.
It's disappointing that binaries are no longer available - except by
messing about part-installing the Vidalia Bundle.
GD

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