# Lost internet access after installing tor
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782
**Category:** Tor Browser Desktop
**Created:** [March 29, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782 "2022-03-29T10:31:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@NoobTorUser](https://forum.torproject.org/u/NoobTorUser)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/1 "2022-03-29T10:31:33Z")
Hi, after downloading the tor browser I am unable to use my other browsers on my pc and i can no longer download software from my terminal, only the tor browser can access the internet. Please help. I’m using Linuxmint 2021
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### Author:  [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/2 "2022-03-29T15:15:09Z")
Hello, can you explain step by step how did you install Tor Browser?
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### Author:  [@NoobTorUser](https://forum.torproject.org/u/NoobTorUser)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/3 "2022-03-30T09:08:43Z")
Hi, Firstly opened the terminal and executed the command ` sudo apt install tor`, tor was installed but not the tor browser so i removed the tor and went to the official tor website and downloaded tor as a zip folder and then opened tor from that folder. everything worked fine until i rebooted my PC and all of a sudden only the tor browser could access the internet but not firefox , chromium and an anything else that needed the internet.
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### Author:  [@NoobTorUser](https://forum.torproject.org/u/NoobTorUser)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/4 "2022-03-30T09:08:45Z")
After two days of surfing the internet using only tor I found this video on youtube for a permanent fix: [Set permanent DNS nameservers on Ubuntu/Debian with resolv.conf - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEyXDdBrw2c)
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### Author:  [@championquizzer](https://forum.torproject.org/u/championquizzer)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/5 "2022-03-30T11:13:12Z")
> [@NoobTorUser](#):
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> Hi, Firstly opened the terminal and executed the command ` sudo apt install tor` , tor was installed but not the tor browser so i removed the tor and went to the official tor website and downloaded tor as a zip folder and then opened tor from that folder. everything worked fine until i rebooted my PC and all of a sudden only the tor browser could access the internet but not firefox , chromium and an anything else that needed the internet.
> [@NoobTorUser](#):
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> After two days of surfing the internet using only tor I found this video on youtube for a permanent fix: [Set permanent DNS nameservers on Ubuntu/Debian with resolv.conf - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEyXDdBrw2c)
It’s highly unlikely that installing Tor Browser did this. My best guess is that some other essential packages got removed while uninstalling `tor` (little-t-tor / the network daemon) and that has resulted in the issue with DNS resolution on your machine. (hint: assuming you’re using systemd, check for issues with the service `systemd-resolve`)
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### Author:  [@NoobTorUser](https://forum.torproject.org/u/NoobTorUser)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/6 "2022-03-30T14:01:35Z")
Thank you so much. after following the instructions on video I shared above, my PC has been working without problems.
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### Author:  [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2022, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/lost-internet-access-after-installing-tor/2782/7 "2022-03-31T04:08:19Z")