Unable to install tor: chown missing operand

Question

I get the following error message while starting tor:

flagg@flagg-eMachines-E627:~$ sudo chown -Rv $flagg ~/.tor-browser
[sudo] password for flagg: 
chown: missing operand after ‘/home/flagg/.tor-browser’
Try 'chown --help' for more information.
flagg@flagg-eMachines-E627:~$ 

I get this message or a file doesnt exist error when trying to run chown command

I am such a newbie and I probably screwed up while updating to ubuntu 13.04 or during the tor install.

Solution

This should solve the problem. Replace USERNAME below with actual username.

32-bit instructions

Install tor as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tor-browser

Now change folder ownership of /usr/bin/tor-browser to your current user with this command:

sudo chown -R USERNAME /usr/bin/tor-browser

64-bit instructions

Install tor as follows:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor64
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tor-browser

Now change folder ownership of /usr/bin/tor-browser to your current user with this command:

sudo chown -R USERNAME /usr/bin/tor-browser <BR>

Thanks for pointing the mistake amc. Fixed it now.

Comments

[flagg]

-E627:~$ sudo chown -R flagg: /home/flagg/.tor-browser chown: cannot access ‘/home/flagg/.tor-browser’: No such file or directory flagg@flagg-eMachines-E627:~$ did all that and got this

[flagg]

flagg@flagg-eMachines-E627:~$ sudo chown -R flagg ~/.tor-browser chown: cannot access ‘/home/flagg/.tor-browser’: No such file or directory flagg@flagg-eMachines-E627:~$

[flagg]

is it possible i have screwd up and there is no home folder? or im in the wrong directory i have such a crappy understanding of the file system

[migrator]

No flagg... just changed the path use the above path again to take ownership... Use this... <BR> $sudo chown -R USERNAME /usr/bin/tor-browser<BR>

[flagg]

is there a way to vote for you for your help?