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Before running makepkg, you must do this (as normal user):

$ gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-keys torbrowser@torproject.org

If you want to update tor-browser from AUR without AUR helpers you can run in a terminal:

$ tor-browser -u

Installed from AUR; error at verifying PGP key.

Used @grufo's command, worked straight away.

@grufo you are right, that's easier.

For those who don't want to copy links: Create the file ~/.local/share/applications/tor-browser.desktop with this content:

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Tor Browser (en-US) Exec=/usr/bin/tor-browser --allow-remote %u Icon=tor-browser Categories=Network; Comment=Anonymous browsing using Firefox and Tor

This overwrites the existing desktop-file and persists through updates.

Found it. I forgot my ~/bin/tor-browser script containing:

/usr/bin/tor-browser --allow-remote "$@"

Without --allow-remote, it works now.

@MrG0z, that doesn't happen to me, if that helps...

It's weird. Since the update to 10.0-1, starting "tor-browser" starts my usual Firefox version.

@craeckie

If --allow-remote is disabled by default there is a reason… Btw, you don't need to add --allow-remote to the script, you can pass any argument to it and they will be redirected to the browser.

--grufo

PKGBUILD is broken

@WhyNotHugo It's true, that opening links is a liability. But copy-pasting link doesn't change that even a bit. In the case of accidentially opening a link, most users will likely just use a normal browser, if "Tor doesn't work". In that case the actual IP is revealed, which imo is a much bigger liability.

Are there any other effects of enabling --allow-remote?

That patch seems a bit of a security liability. If I click on a link on some desktop app (say, an IM client), it could trigger Tor to open that link.

That allows crossing my non-tor IP with my in-tor session.

I'd rather link had to by copy-pasted into Tor explicitly, TBH.

Hi, currently it's not possible for me to open links in the browser. After adding %u to the desktop file and --allow-remote to tor-browser.sh, it works.

Here's the patch:

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 74a0f29..4ba6b34 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ source=("${pkgname}.desktop"
 # No need for `makepkg -g`: the following sha256sums¸don't need to be updated #
 # with each release, everything is done automatically! Leave them like this!  #
 ###############################################################################
-sha256sums=('9ee0a4672e2d0835ffb94bcf26e17b56432030496a9cdf019b70c96083c24340'
+sha256sums=('d88d35a3ff1a431a927869be503b6a32f2767b87206d7de254e358a00975e97e'
             'f25ccf68b47f5eb14c6fec0664c74f30ea9c6c58d42fc6abac3b64670aaa3152'
-            '89118837e6db1d7b089e0067a6430e9a1a8602a64e00b7ea94382abfb0d3e502')
+            'cabfaf0485cd44dfb216dcf9aa10f98beac46064a908f02c3414c3650bc73628')
 sha256sums_i686=($(_dist_checksum "${_tag_i686}")
                  'SKIP')
 sha256sums_x86_64=($(_dist_checksum "${_tag_x86_64}")
diff --git a/tor-browser.desktop b/tor-browser.desktop
index aca8d11..b6a81a4 100644
--- a/tor-browser.desktop
+++ b/tor-browser.desktop
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Version=1.0
 Type=Application
 Name=Tor Browser (__REPL_LANGUAGE__)
-Exec=/usr/bin/tor-browser
+Exec=/usr/bin/tor-browser %u
 Icon=tor-browser
 Categories=Network;
 Comment=Anonymous browsing using Firefox and Tor
diff --git a/tor-browser.sh b/tor-browser.sh
index 2ca37f2..7b11862 100755
--- a/tor-browser.sh
+++ b/tor-browser.sh
@@ -192,5 +192,5 @@ else
 fi

 # start tor-browser
-"${_TB_APP_DIR_}/Browser/start-tor-browser" "${args[@]}"
+"${_TB_APP_DIR_}/Browser/start-tor-browser" --allow-remote "${args[@]}"