The command for setting keyboard shortcut for tor browser or open it via terminal

I wanted to set keyboard shortcut for tor browser.
So i need a command which opens tor browser.
I installed .tar.gz file of tor browser,which installed in my home directory:

/home/sina/tor-browser-linux

So the file which i should set keyboard shortcut is this directory:

/home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/Tor\ Browser

I wanted to open tor browser via terminal in these way:

sina@msi:~$ ./home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/Tor\ Browser
bash: ./home/sina/tor-browser-linux...: No such file or directory

I tried to solve it by reading this link(like i did it for telegram before):

How to run Telegram from Terminal

I tried to do this for tor(instead of telegram):

sina@msi:~$ nano ~/.profile

I added this to the last line of .profile:

export PATH="/home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop"

It didn't work!

sina@msi:~$ sudo ln -s /home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop /usr/local/bin
sina@msi:~$ sudo ln -s /home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop /usr/share/applications
sina@msi:~$ cp /usr/share/applications/start-tor-browser.desktop ~/.config/autostart

I tried this too:

sina@msi:~$ alias tor='/home/sina/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop'
sina@msi:~$ tor
/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: No such file or directory

When i cd to the tor browser's directory and run this command:

sina@msi:~/tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop

Tor browser opens and works...but when i run this:

sina@msi:~$ ./tor-browser-linux/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop
/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: No such file or directory

I have start-tor-browser.desktop in my home directory,and i can open it with thunar,but not with terminal:

sina@msi:~$ ./start-tor-browser.desktop
/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: No such file or directory

• Is there any command to open tor browser via terminal?

1 Answer

The path to run tor-browser is (taken from [start-tor-browser].desktop file)

[unzipped tar archive]/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach

p.s.: you didn't specify which desktop manager you have or which distro.

If you have LXDM/lightdm/lubuntu** then edit this file:

[homefolder]/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml

You will see lots of sections <keybind>...</keybind>; add underneath one of them your keybind like so:

<keybind key="C-A-T"> <action name="Execute"> <command>[path to where you unzipped the tar archive]/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser --detach</command> </action>
</keybind> 

Save and exit and run the following inside terminal:

openbox --reconfigure

Edit

Regarding Xfce shortcuts see these links:

• Cannot change global keyboard shortcuts in Linux Mint XFCE - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

  Locate xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml and edit as needed.

• Making Keyboard Shortcuts for Frequently Used Applications - Manjaro Linux

  Panel, Applications -> Settings -> Keyboard. Open the Application Shortcuts T and add the shortcut and app as needed.