# Error with the tor cli client

**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502
**Category:** Core Tor
**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502 "2024-10-29T10:41:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/1 "2024-10-29T10:41:03Z")

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Can’t use bridge at [scrubbed]: there is no configured transport called “webtunnel”.  
I used "tor -f “/home/USERNAME/.local/opt/tor-browser/app/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/torrc” to launch the TOR client, but it threw this error. It was fine when I used the browser.  
Can anyone help me? Am I missing anything?

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### Author: ![ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ebanam)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/2 "2024-10-29T10:43:04Z")

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@TorDavid, can you please share your torrc? (You can leave the parts that are commented out, i.e. with `#` at the beginning)

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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/3 "2024-10-29T10:47:40Z")

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This is my torrc created bt Tor Browser:

> _WebTunnel bridge addresses_  
> ClientOnionAuthDir /home/davidx/.local/opt/tor-browser/app/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/onion-auth  
> DataDirectory /home/davidx/.local/opt/tor-browser/app/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor  
> GeoIPFile /home/davidx/.local/opt/tor-browser/app/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/geoip  
> GeoIPv6File /home/davidx/.local/opt/tor-browser/app/Browser/TorBrowser/Data/Tor/geoip6  
> UseBridges 1

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### Author: ![ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ebanam)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/4 "2024-10-29T10:55:24Z")

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You will have to add this line:

```auto
ClientTransportPlugin meek_lite,obfs4,scramblesuit,webtunnel exec <path to the lyrebird binary>

```

The lyrebird binary in Tor Browser is located in `Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/`

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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/5 "2024-10-29T11:05:29Z")

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Installed a separate version with yay -S lyrebird-proxy.  
Should work fine.  
Thanks a lot for your help.

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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/6 "2024-10-29T11:05:31Z")

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P.S. Is there any way to connect to Snowflake with this?

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### Author: ![ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ebanam)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/7 "2024-10-29T11:14:27Z")

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> [@TorDavid](#):
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> P.S. Is there any way to connect to Snowflake with this?

Yes. You will have to add this line followed with snowflake addresses:  
`ClientTransportPlugin snowflake exec <path to snowflake-client binary>`

`snowflake-client` in Tor Browser is also located in `Browser/TorBrowser/Tor/PluggableTransports/`

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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/8 "2024-10-29T11:37:29Z")

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Thanks a lot. BTW, how can I find some ducumentation for the config file? I searched many sources but almost all of them are saying about the browser. Are there any official docs?

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### Author: ![ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@ebanam](https://forum.torproject.org/u/ebanam)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/9 "2024-10-29T11:43:20Z")

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If you have installed `tor` from the repositories (i.e. [deb.torproject.org](http://deb.torproject.org) / [rpm.torproject.org](http://rpm.torproject.org)), have a look at the manpage. In the terminal, run:

```auto
$ man tor

```

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### Author: ![TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/tordavid/32/6149_2.png) [@TorDavid](https://forum.torproject.org/u/TorDavid)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/10 "2024-10-29T11:46:08Z")

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Oh. Quite a lot of information there.  
Anyway, thanks a lot.

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### Author: ![system](https://forum.torproject.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d3424bed34f4ec18b2e99178c2801ba6dfb655d6.png) [@system](https://forum.torproject.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/error-with-the-tor-cli-client/15502/11 "2024-11-07T13:03:13Z")

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