RPM repo of Tor browser for new versions of Fedora

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When reporting a bug, please include as many of these as possible:

  • I’m using Fedora 41 for workstations.

  • Tor Browser version is 14.0.1

  • Step by step of how I got to the issue

  1. I followed the instructions for adding the RPM repository at Tor rpm packages | Tor Project | Support
  2. I copied the text, pasted it into a text editor, and saved it as tor.repo.
  3. I made sure the repository was enabled.
  4. I ran the command line
# sudo dnf install tor -y
  1. I received the following error output.
Tor for Fedora 41 - x86_64                                         100% |   1.9 KiB/s |   1.0 KiB |  00m01s
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 2620:7:6002:0:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 2620:7:6002:0:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 2620:7:6002:0:
>>> Status code: 404 for https://rpm.torproject.org/fedora/41/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 2620:7:6002:0:
>>> Librepo error: Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

The issue is simple. Fedora 41 is the latest version, but the Tor repository doesn’t have a directory for this latest version. I was able to install a Flatpak that claims to have a wrapper script which downloaded and installed Tor.

I understand that the maintainers are volunteers and we just got through the winter holidays, but a new directory for Fedora 41 should resolve the repository error. I appreciate the effort and a resolution forthcoming.

I apologize if this isn’t the appropriate location, but this seemed to be the best place at the time. I tried mentioning the issure in the IRC tor channel, but either I was unvoiced in a muted channel, or nobody was reading messages at the time.

Thanks,
Tom

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It’s suggest you use ‘Tor Browser Luncher’ (Install Tor Browser Launcher on Linux | Flathub) via Flatpak.

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@thomassisson are you trying to install Tor Browser (as the title of this post suggests) or little-t tor as the code & screenshot suggest? If it’s the latter you may want to modify the title and cross post under the Core Tor category.