Here’s what I suggest to get around this problem, which I can’t really explain to myself:
- First uninstall “torbrowser-launcher”:
sudo apt purge torbrowser-launcher
- Make sure your system is ready to receive flatpak packages:
dpkg -l flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
- If so, these two files are already installed. If not, install them:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install flatpak gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
- Then type this line to enable the flathub repository:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-existent flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
- To install TorBrowser using the flatpak format:
flatpak install flathub org.torproject.torbrowser-launcher
- Launch “Tor Browser”. Normally the launcher should do everything:
- And, finally:
- if it’s working properly, go to Tor Browser settings and check the “Always connect automatically” box in the “Connection” section:
