Re: package-install and Tor

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

    > Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
    >>>>>>> Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev@posteo.org> writes:
    >> 
    >> > On 2022-04-27, 00:07 -0400, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
    >> >> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please
    >> consider >> ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against
    >> all >> enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to
    >> follow >> Snowden's example. ]]]
    >> >> 
    >> >> > I believe you can use url-proxy-services and direct HTTP >>
    >> requests to use > your Tor daemon.
    >> >> 
    >> >> Could you show me how to do that?  I don't know how.  The >>
    >> variable's doc string presumes knowledge I don't have.
    >> >> 
    >> >> Perhaps we should add concrete documentation of how to use
    >> that >> variable to do precisely this.
    >> 
    >> > Hi,
    >> 
    >> > There 2 common solutions:
    >> 
    >> > 1. Using torsocks [1] run Emacs from terminal:
    >> 
    >> > #+begin_src shell torsocks emacs; #+end_src
    >> 
    >> 
    >> > 2. Using the built-in socks.el library with these settings:
    >> 
    >> > #+begin_src elisp (setq socks-server '("tor" "127.0.0.1" 9050
    >> 5)) > (setq url-gateway-method 'socks) (setq socks-username
    >> "user") > (setq socks-password "") #+end_src
    >> 
    >> > But this library has issue [2].
    >> 
    >> > To use tor via http proxy, you must configure it accordingly, >
    >> because socks proxy is used by default.
    >> 
    >> 
    >> > [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git [2]
    >> 
    >> git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git <RET>
    >> 
    >> Cloning into 'torsocks'...  fatal: repository
    >> 'https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git/' not found
    >> 
    >> Looks like torsocks has gone. Anyone know where?

    > The URL (both website and repository) works for me:

    > icterid$ git clone https://git.torproject.org/torsocks.git/

Indeed, thanks. Your URL isn't the one given by the OP.

Best wishes