Install Ghostery Dawn on Linux

Note: We currently only build Dawn on Linux for x86_64, if you are interested in Dawn for Linux on arm, please note your support in this issue.

The following instructions will install Ghostery Dawn in your home directory.

1. First, if you have previously installed Ghostery Dawn, we recommend making a backup of your ~/.ghostery\ browser directory

   tar zcPf ~/ghostery-backup-$(date +%s).tar.gz ~/.ghostery\ browser

2. Download the latest version of Ghostery Dawn for Linux here

3. Extract the file you just downloaded into ~/Ghostery

   tar jxf Ghostery*.tar.bz2 -C $HOME
   

4. Next, if this is the first time you have installed a Ghostery Dawn build, run through the following steps:

   1. Quit any instances of Ghostery Dawn you have open.

   2. Run ~/Ghostery/Ghostery -ProfileManager to start the Ghostery Dawn Profile Manager

   3. Create a new profile called ghostery-build

   4. Make sure that the default profile is still selected

   5. Click exit to close the profile manager (do not start Ghostery)

   6. Run the following shell script to add dawn to your path:

      mkdir -p ~/bin
      cat > ~/bin/ghostery <<END
      #!/bin/bash
      
      exec "\$HOME/Ghostery/Ghostery" -P ghostery-build "\$@"
      END
      chmod 755 ~/bin/ghostery

5. Success! The ghostery command in your ~/bin directory will now run Ghostery Dawn with the ghostery-build profile.

6. (Optional) You may also want to add the ~/bin directory to your path so you can run the ghostery command from any folder.

   1. Add ~/bin to your $PATH in your shell config:

      bash:

      echo 'export PATH="$PATH:~/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile

      zsh:

      echo 'export PATH="$PATH:~/bin"' >> ~/.zshrc

   2. open a new shell window to load updated config

   3. you should now be able to run ghostery from any folder to start Ghostery Dawn