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Re: [tor-bugs] #27278 [Webpages/Website]: Bad Instruction Page
#27278: Bad Instruction Page
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Reporter: TormanToo | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Very High | Milestone:
Component: Webpages/Website | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):
Replying to [comment:2 TormanToo]:
> I chose Option Two then I selected Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04LTS. There
is a whole litany of issues.
>
> 1. I manually added the two lines to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.
>
> 2. Then I tried apt install apt-transport-https. I got these results:
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission
denied)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are
you root?
>
> The writer forgot sudo.
Sometimes we assume that sysadmins understand which commands need root on
their machine, and which root method they use (sudo, su, or ssh root@...).
We can add a note at the top, and add sudo to the commands that need root.
> But tried that and got:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> apt-transport-https is already the newest version (1.2.27)
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
That's not an error, that's a normal status message on distributions that
come with apt-transport-https.
> 3. Next it says, to use Apt with Tor later replace https:// with tor://
and run apt install apt-transport-tor. Why doesn't it just say to do that
to begin with? There is no explanation.
Because you have to install tor and apt-transport-tor using apt-transport-
https to use apt-transport-tor.
> apt install apt-transport-tor
>
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission
denied)
> E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are
you root?
>
> The writer forgot sudo again.
Ok, we'll add sudo to the commands.
> Tried with it and got:
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following additional packages will be installed;
> tor tor-geioipdb torsocks
> Suggested packages:
> mixmaster torbrowser-launcher socat tor-arm apparmor-utils obfs4proxy
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> apt-transport-tor tor tor-geoipbd torsocks
> 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor could not be found.
You can't use tor:// URLs to install apt-transport-tor. You have to
install tor and apt-transport-tor using apt-transport-https to use apt-
transport-tor.
> 4. Attempting to add the two keys causes errors also.
> gpg --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89
> gpg: no keyserver known (use opton --keyserver)
> gpg: keyserver receive failed: bad URI
>
> So I tried:
> gpg --recv --keyserver A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89
> I got the prompt back, so I guess something happened.
Hmm, "--keyserver A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89" is probably
your "gpg: keyserver receive failed: bad URI".
We should add the sks high availability pool URL to the instructions.
> Next I tried:
> gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add
-
> gpg: can't open '/home/me/.gnupg/pubring.gpg'
> gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
> gpg: key export failted: file open error
> gpg:no valid OpenPGP data found.
The keyserver step failed, so key export won't work.
> So then I tried:
> sudo gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-
key add -
> gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
> gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
The keyserver step failed, so key export won't work.
> 5. "You can install it with the following commands:" Install what????
>
> 6. apt update:
> Forgot sudo again.
Ok, we'll add it.
> sudo apt update
> .....
> .....
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor could not be found.
You can't use tor:// URLs to install apt-transport-tor. You have to
install tor and apt-transport-tor using apt-transport-https to use apt-
transport-tor.
> .....
> .....
>
>
> Another forgotten sudo,
Ok, we'll add it.
> but running:
> sudo apt install tor deb.torproject.org-keyring
> This got the normal responses, plus ended with:
> E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/tor could not be found.
You can't use tor:// URLs to install apt-transport-tor. You have to
install tor and apt-transport-tor using apt-transport-https to use apt-
transport-tor.
> But after all this, Tor was still not showing up on any menu.
The dependencies aren't installed.
> 7. No one did any proof reading to the line, "deb.torproject.org is also
served through now also served via onion service:
http://sdscoq7snqtznauu.onion/";. It's also missing punctuation.
>
> 8. "To use the onion service..." What?????
>
> Proof read and test!!!!
People have different English skill levels, access to different
distributions, and different sysadmin skill levels.
Please be patient while we update our documentation.
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