OnionShare is a free and open-source tool that allows users to share files securely and anonymously over the Tor network. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OnionShare on Arch Linux.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following:
OnionShare requires Python 3 to run. To install it, open your terminal emulator and type the following command:
sudo pacman -S python
To install OnionShare, we need to download the latest version from the official GitHub repository. You can do this by typing the following command:
git clone https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare.git
This will create a new directory called onionshare in your current working directory.
Now, navigate to the onionshare directory by typing the following command:
cd onionshare
Next, let’s install the necessary Python packages using pip. Type the following command:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
After installing the required packages, run the following command to install OnionShare:
sudo python3 setup.py install
This will install OnionShare on your Arch Linux system.
To launch OnionShare, open your terminal emulator and type:
onionshare
This will start OnionShare, and you will see a message in your terminal that OnionShare has started.
To share a file, drag and drop the file you want to share onto the OnionShare window. Once the file is loaded, OnionShare will create a Tor hidden service URL that you can share with others.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install OnionShare on Arch Linux. Now that you have OnionShare set up on your system, you can use it to securely and anonymously share files with other users over the Tor network.
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