Tor Browser 4.5.1 released, Install on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

Tor Browser 4.5.1 released, Install on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn / Linux Mint via PPA

Tor Browser Bundle is a free and platform-independent application designed to allow users to browser the Web anonymously through the powerful Tor network on the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, without the need to use any third-party software.

The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked.

The Tor Browser lets you use Tor on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your anonymity, and is self-contained.

Features at a glance

It is a portable software, allowing users to use directly from a USB flash drive, running a pre-configured web browser to protect their anonymity. The Tor software is the key component of Tor Browser Bundle, protecting users by bouncing their communications around a distributed network of relays, which are run by volunteers all around the world.

What's new in Tor Browser 4.5.1:

• All Platforms:
• Update Firefox to 31.7.0esr
• Update meek to 0.18
• Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.7.5
• Translation updates only
• Update Torbutton to 1.9.2.3
• Bug 15837: Show descriptions if unchecking custom mode
• Bug 15927: Force update of the NoScript UI when changing security level
• Bug 15915: Hide circuit display if it is disabled.
• Translation updates
• Bug 15945: Disable NoScript's ClearClick protection for now
• Bug 15933: Isolate by base (top-level) domain name instead of FQDN
• Bug 15857: Fix file descriptor leak in updater that caused update failures
• Bug 15899: Fix errors with downloading and displaying PDFs
• Windows:
• Bug 15872: Fix meek pluggable transport startup issue with Windows 7
• Build System:
• Bug 15947: Support Ubuntu 14.04 LXC hosts via LXC_EXECUTE=lxc-execute env var
• Bugs 15921+15922: Fix build errors during Mozilla Tryserver builds

Tor Browser 4.5.1 released, Install on Ubuntu / Linux Mint via PPA

To Install Tor Browser 4.5.1 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn / Linux Mint via PPA, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

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

to remove Tor Browser 4.5.1 :

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

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.