onionshare/tails

Running OnionShare in Tails

Until OnionShare gets included in Debian, it will be annoying to install it in Tails so that it persists reboots. For now, you'll need to run a build script the first time, and then run a setup script after each boot. The OnionShare GUI works in Tails 1.1 and later.

Building for Tails

Start by booting to Tails. Mount your persistent volume and set an administrator password. Once you login and connect to the Tor network, open a terminal and type:

cd ~/Persistent
git clone https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare.git
cd onionshare
sudo tails/build.sh

You only need to do that once each time you want to build a new verison of OnionShare.

Installing in Tails

In order to actually use it though, each time you boot Tails you'll need to enable your persistent volume, set an administrator password, and run this:

cd ~/Persistent/onionshare
sudo tails/setup.sh

After running that, OnionShare will appear in the menu under Applications > Internet.