| Tails OS Guide to Using SimpleX |
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NOTE: You will need to setup Persistent Storage in Tails with the “Persistent Folder” and “Dotfiles” folder. See:
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| https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/configure/index.en.html |
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At Tails login screen enter your password you set for persistence and click "Unlock"
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Once it says "Settings were loaded from the persistent storage" click "Start Tails"
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Connect to a local network, wired, Wi-Fi, or mobile.
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The Tor Connection assistant appears to help you connect to the Tor network
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Choose whether you want to:
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- Connect to Tor automatically
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- Hide to your local network that you are connecting to Tor
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Once connected, click on “Start Tor Browser”
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Navigate to https://simplex.chat/downloads/
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Click on AppImage hyperlink to download the latest version of SimpleX
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Click on “Save File” file in the popup.
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Save to your persistent Storage
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Click on “Applications” in the top left
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Hover over “utilities” and click on “Terminal" and enter the following commands (NOTE: The next couple of steps will assume that the file was saved to “/home/amnesia/Persistent/Tor Browser”. Adjust as needed to match your own setup.)
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cd /home/amnesia/Persistent/'Tor Browser'
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chmod u+x simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage
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(above makes the file executable and you only need to do this once)
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./simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run
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(Note: This will require having at least a few hundred megabytes of empty space in your persistent storage to extract the appimage.)
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The SimpleX application should now popup.
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Click on “Create Profile” and enter a display name.
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On the next screen, enter a database password and save it in a password manager (KeepassXC is current default in Tails OS).
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It will ask you to create an address, you will have to skip this for now.
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Click on the profile icon in the top left.
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Select “Network & servers”
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Toggle on the “Use SOCKS proxy (port 9050)” setting.
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Click the arrow in the top left to go back and now select “Your SimpleX address”
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Go ahead and create your simplex address.
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You can go ahead and close SimpleX now.
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Once again, click on “Applications” in the top left
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Hover over “Accessories” and click on “Files”
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Click on the three horizontal lines in the top right and check the box “Show Hidden Files” (or use shortcut ctrl+h)
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On the left side click on “Dotfiles” folder. (this needed to be enabled in Persistent storage settings if not done already)
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You will need to create two folders, “.config” and “.local”
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Open the “.local” folder and create another folder named “share”
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On the left side click on “Home”
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Open the “.config” folder
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Copy the “simplex” folder to the corresponding “.config” folder in the Dotfiles directory.
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Navigate back to the Home folder.
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Open the “.local” folder and then the “share” folder.
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Copy the “simplex” folder to the corresponding “.local/share” folder in the Dotfiles directory.
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Go ahead and restart Tails.
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Alternatively, if you feel comfortable with CLI, you can run the following commands:
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cp -r /home/amnesia/.config/simplex /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config/
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cp -r /home/amnesia/.local/share/simplex /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.local/share
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After booting up and signing back into Tails you will again need to run the commands in steps 12-13.
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cd /home/amnesia/Persistent/'Tor Browser'
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./simplex-desktop-x86_64.AppImage --appimage-extract-and-run
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If configured correctly, you should get prompted to enter your database password.
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Note: You must keep the Terminal window open or else it will close out the SimpleX app.
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| Note |
| The original article: |
| https://www.reddit.com/r/SimpleXChat/comments/1anlnf0/guide_simple_x_chat_55_on_tails_os/ |