Im trying to run bitcoin-qt with Tor (Knots but should be the same with Core) and I have seen different methods.
Some people use a method that involves opening first a tor-browser instance, then bitcoin-qt with these enabled on the bitcoin.conf file:
proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
listen=1
listenonion=1
But some use the tor service, and have to register some sort of cookie, I don't know something weird that also involves giving your login and password to this cookie.
I just want a way where I can have a linux desktop entry that starts bitcoin-qt with tor enabled, so I don't have to tweak the bitcoin.conf file each time I want to use clearnet or Tor.
Also I have Tor Browser already installed, but im not sure if I need to install it from the debian repository or otherwise it will not work or something.
I have found this tutorial, but he installs it from the apt repository, but I have already Tor Browser installed. Im not sure if this is relevant. My install from the .tar files is already checked with gpg and it's legit, so I wouldn't like to have to install this from the repository and do all of that if not needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goTkOt8Rr1QWhen he uses "tor --version" on the terminal it doesn't work for me (bash: tor: command not found") so maybe im missing something that is not installed with the tor-browser .tar file?
Please let me know because it's just confusing the different methods I've seen. If someone has a step by step guide that is up to date please link it.
Edit: Upon further research, I was confusing Tor Browser, with Tor. I have Tor Browser installed, but not Tor, so I guess I could follow that tutorial to install it. I thought Tor Browser included the Tor service which you could run separately but you need to install it yourself. I still need a proper tutorial tho.