- There are several Linux-based operating systems built for anonymity, privacy and security:
- Tails
- Qubes
- Whonix
This document describes how to install and use BlockchainCommons tools on these systems.
Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. It is based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.
The following BlockckainCommons tools have TailsOS release packages that can be installed manually:
In order to run any of the above tools on Tails:
0. While running Tails, download one or more of the above packages that you wish to use. You will now have a file with a *.deb
extension e.g. seedtool-cli_0.9.1-1_amd64.deb.
- Optionally consider saving this file in your Tails Persistent Storage
- Open an
Administrator Terminal
. This requires that you had set anadministrator password
when starting Tails. - To install the package if it is in the
Tor Browser
folder, enter the command:dpkg -i "Tor Browser/seedtool-cli_0.9.1-1_amd64.deb"
- The executable e.g.
seedtool
will now be in yourPATH
and can be run from the command line.