Error while installing Tor

Question

i want to install development version of tor following instructions on https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#development on my ubuntu 14.04 but whenever i run command

sudo apt-get update

some errors occurs:

Err http://deb.torproject.org jessie/main Sources
 404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]
Err http://deb.torproject.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
 404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]
Err http://deb.torproject.org jessie/main i386 Packages
 404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]
Ign http://deb.torproject.org jessie/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://deb.torproject.org jessie/main Translation-en
Fetched 435 kB in 5s (77.3 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch     bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ir.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch     bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ir.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-backports_main_i18n_Translation-en  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch     bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ir.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-backports_universe_i18n_Translation-en  Hash Sum mismatch

W: Failed to fetch     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/jessie/main/source/Sources  404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]

W: Failed to fetch     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]

W: Failed to fetch     http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/jessie/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found [IP: 10.10.34.36 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

after that i run this command

sudo apt-get install tor deb.torproject.org-keyring

an error occurs:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package deb.torproject.org-keyring
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'deb.torproject.org-keyring'

how can i fix it?

Solution

This is happening because you followed the Debian Jessie instructions. You need to change the dropdown menu above the instructions to Ubuntu Trusty Tahr. :)

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You first need to remove the Jessie entries from the depository. To do this enter the below command in Terminal:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jessie-main.list

Next you need to update apt:

sudo apt-get update

Once you have done that, you will need to continue with the Ubuntu Trusty Tahir instructions.

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Another way to remove the software sources is to open "Software Centre" using the below icon.

Within Software Centre click on the "Software and updates" link within the "Ubuntu Software menu" as per below image.

Within Software and Updates, click on the "Other Software" tab and make sure the 2 options that I've ticked in the below update are removed from your sources. If not, then remove them.

Once you have done that, close that window and it will update the repository.

Comments

[Taavi]

apt-get update didn't help?

[You'reAGitForNotUsingGit]

What version of ubuntu are you running?

[Shi.Bi]

@Taavi no there are some errors while running this command too.

[Shi.Bi]

@AndroidDev ubuntu 14.04, running cat /etc/debian_version gives me jessie/sid

[Taavi]

Could you write those errors?

[Shi.Bi]

@Taavi yes, i edited the question and include those errors too

[Shi.Bi]

i changed jessie to trusty tahr but didn't work :(

[Taavi]

But in the error message there is seen that apt-get update is trying to reach Jessi packages. Make sure that in /etc/apt/sources there are sources for Trusty Tahr and not Jessie

[proprocastinator]

I have updated my answer with further information.

[proprocastinator]

From this I assume you're new to Ubuntu. I would recommend either buying a Ubuntu book or search on Youtube for a Ubuntu tutorial. Another good source of information is the Ubuntu help page. help.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-help/index.html

[Shi.Bi]

@proprocastinator thanks. yes i'm new to ubuntu but i did all the steps carefully. i think the problem is that my ISP is filtering Torproject.org. can it be the problem?

[proprocastinator]

I have updated the instructions with a GUI way to remove the sources. Once you have followed the instructions, go through the Tor installation from the beginning, but this time with the Trusty Tahr installation.

[Shi.Bi]

thanks @proprocastinator. this is a part of the result after running command "sudo apt-get update": W: Failed to fetch deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/trusty/main/binary-i‌​386/… 403 Forbidden [IP: 138.201.14.197 80] W: Failed to fetch deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/… 403 Forbidden [IP: 138.201.14.197 80]

[Shi.Bi]

@proprocastinator i tried to install deb.torproject.org-keyring separately from ubuntuupdates.org/package/tor/precise/main/base/…, but i could'nt find the source package for tor experimental to download and install it.