Speaking of old versions, Tor project still hasn’t built packages for latest Ubuntu’s LTS release which was released 5 months ago. The user base, which includes other distros based on Ubuntu, is currently running an outdated version of tor from Ubuntu’s repos.
The ticket about this issue is also 4 months old with no updates since then.
I don’t want to nag, but usually the packages were built quite soon after the release.
Unfortunately, this “outdated” problem does not seem to be uncommon in the Tor project.
This Dockerfile of the WebTunnel PT is just one of the examples. Go 1.20 is end-of-life for 7 months. Debian Bullseye was replaced by Bookworm.
The webtunnel-bridge Docker image was last updated 7 months ago. The snowflake-proxy Docker image was last updated 8 months ago.
When I see numbers like that, I would normally never use the files and images because they look unmaintained and dead to me. A circumstance which, in my personal opinion, should be urgently reconsidered and changed.
If you use Docker you can always adapt it to use Debian 12 while they add the repository
Dockerfile
FROM debian:bookworm-slim
# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
curl \
gpg \
gpg-agent \
ca-certificates \
--no-install-recommends
# Add Tor's repository
RUN curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import
RUN gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | apt-key add -
RUN printf "deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bookworm main\n" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list
# Install Tor
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
tor \
tor-geoipdb \
--no-install-recommends
# Clean up
RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Ensure directories exist and have appropriate permissions
RUN mkdir -p /etc/tor /var/lib/tor \
&& chown -R debian-tor:debian-tor /etc/tor /var/lib/tor
# Set the default command to run Tor with the default config and data directories
ENTRYPOINT ["tor"]
CMD ["-f", "/etc/tor/torrc"]
Then
docker build -t name/tor:latest .
The run it
docker run -d --name="containername" -v /path:/etc/tor -v /path:/var/lib/tor name/tor:latest
Is it possible to get help on an issue with dokker:
The repository ‘Index of linux/ubuntu/ \ Release’ does not have a Release file
I guess this error it’s from Installing Docker.
Try:
Source: Ubuntu | Docker Docs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o
/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
echo
“deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc]
Index of linux/ubuntu/
$(. /etc/os-release && echo “$VERSION_CODENAME”) stable” |
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
El 2024-09-27 09:05, Karascho via Tor Project Forum escribió:
karascho [1]
September 27Is it possible to get help on an issue with dokker:
The repository ‘Index of linux/ubuntu/ [2] \ Release’ does not
have a Release file
Visita el tema [3] o responde a este correo electrónico para
publicar.Para darte de baja de estos correos electrónicos, haz clic aquí [4].
Links:
[1] https://forum.torproject.org/u/karascho
[2] Index of linux/ubuntu/
[3]
Tor packages for Ubuntu "Noble Numbat" are not available yet - #4 by karascho
[4]
Tor Project Forum
Thanks.
It doesnt work.
I cant update. The docker fail message is part of the fail message during
apt update
So, if we install tor via apt on ubuntu we are subject to using an ancient version? Shouldn’t this be a higher priority considering the popularity of this distro?
Furthermore: I cant update and upgrade.
Howto remove these fail messages?
Look at /etc/apt/sources.list or /etc/apt/sources.lis.d and look for tor.list or a line with the tor repository and comment it at the beginning with #
Or noble for jammy which works perfectly until they add the noble repository
Can somebody add noble (Ubuntu 24.04) to the repo? Debian Repository | Tor Project | Support
They are working on it.
If you follow the issue
They said It Will be ready in 1-2 Months.
Be patient and let the team work.
I have Ubuntu 24.04 too and with Jammy
repository it works perfectly.
Greetings
They said It Will be ready in 1-2 Months.
No. A different project will be ready in one or two months (as you cited).
You are right, I was wrong when I stated the months. Thanks for correcting my mistake 
tor packages for noble are now available from the repository, Index of /torproject.org/dists/noble
Thanks for the flag, @bakunin1848 !
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