tor + privoxy + vidalia debian sid/etch

add some lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file (etch only):

deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor etch main
deb-src http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor etch main

verifying signatures (etch only):

gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv 94C09C7F
gpg –fingerprint 94C09C7F
gpg –export 94C09C7F | sudo apt-key add -

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .
add the line to your /etc/privoxy/config file:

than install tor:

aptitude update
aptitude install tor

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .

then restart privoxy

/etc/init.d/privoxy restart

now you can install the torbutton for iceweasel -> http://torbutton.torproject.org/dev/

and test tor here -> http://torcheck.xenobite.eu/

for gaim/pidgin:

proxy-typ: SOCKS 5
Host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 9050

vidalia (a tor gui) – http://www.vidalia-project.net/

wget -c http://vidalia-project.net/dist/vidalia-0.0.16.tar.gz
tar zxvf vidalia-0.0.16.tar.gz
aptitude install qt4-dev-tools qt4-designer
update-alternatives –set qmake /usr/bin/qmake-qt4 (for etch)
export QMAKE=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4 (for sid)
cd vidalia-0.0.16
./configure
make
make install

you must stop tor bevor you can start vidalia

/etc/init.d/tor stop
vidalia