
Now you can run tor as src/app/tor (0.4.3.x and later), or you can run make install (as root if necessary) to install it into /usr/local/, and then you can start it just by running tor. If you're building from source, first install libevent, and make sure you have openssl and zlib (including the -devel packages if applicable). The latest release of Tor can be found on the download page.

To install Homebrew follow the instructions on brew.sh.

You can use the package manager of your choice. There are two package manager on OS X: Homebrew and Macports. Note that sudo asks for your user password, while su expects the root password of your system.

To open a root terminal you have several options: sudo su, or sudo -i, or su -i. Admin access: To install Tor you need root privileges.īelow all commands that need to be run as root user like apt and dpkg are prepended with '#', while commands to be run as user with '$' resembling the standard prompt in a terminal.
