Building a debian package

Prerequisites

A Rust installation is required for this step. Installation instructions can be found here: rustup.rs

Install the cargo deb prequisite for building a .deb package:

cargo install cargo-deb

We also need to clone our repository somewhere:

git clone https://github.com/keybear/keybear && cd keybear

Build the installation package:

cargo deb

This will produce a .deb package in the target/debian folder.

Install the package:

sudo dpkg -i target/debian/keybear*.deb

Installing the package should start the systemd service, ensure it’s running without any errors:

sudo systemctl status keybear.service

Let Tor load our configuration for the onion service, add the following line to /etc/tor/torrc:

%include /etc/keybear/torrc

echo "%include /etc/keybear/torrc" | sudo tee -a /etc/tor/torrc

Restart the Tor service to enable the hidden service:

sudo systemctl restart tor.service

Install the keybear binary:

cargo install keybear

Create a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin:

ln -s $HOME/.cargo/bin/keybear /usr/local/bin/keybear