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I am using Ubuntu. Downloaded the latest version of Tor from here. But when I execute ./start-tor-browser from terminal it starts in firefox. How can I enable it in Chrome?

Also how can I launch Tor without using terminal?

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    Short answer: if you want to use Tor for reasons of anonymity, you can't use Chrome. (See the related threads on this site.) For your second question: there should be a .desktop file in the same directory as the start script you've run.
    – Richard Horrocks
    Nov 13, 2015 at 7:58
  • @RichardHorrocks thanks =), Yes there is a .desktop file in the folder, what should be my next step?
    – user9895
    Nov 13, 2015 at 8:06

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I am using Ubuntu. Downloaded the latest version of tor from here. But when I execute ./start-tor-browser from terminal it starts in firefox.

When you run the start-tor-browser script, you're starting the Tor Browser application. The Tor Browser is modified version of Firefox, which has been changed to make it safe from the perspective of anonymity. It's not the Firefox application you might have already had on your computer. (i.e. You're not starting "Tor" as a service inside your good old Firefox that you installed x years ago.)

How can I enable it in chrome?

If you're using Tor because you want to surf the Internet anonymously, you can't really use Chrome. Have a read of this thread to understand why not.

Also how can I launch tor without using terminal?

In Tor's Browser folder there's a .desktop file. Using the terminal, copy it as follows:

cp tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

You should now be able to find a Tor Browser icon in Ubuntu's menu bar. (Search "Tor" and it should appear.)

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