# Lantern

Lantern is a free peer-to-peer internet censorship circumvention software.

## Installation

Install the lantern-newestAUR[broken link: package not found] package.

## Setup

Now the lantern has a web client (http://127.0.0.1:xxxx) interfaces.

### Client

The client is started with the `lantern` command.To start it using the configuration file `~/.lantern/setting.yaml`:

    $ lantern

### Chrome

For Chrome users you might need to install the plugin Proxy SwitchyOmega,follow the instructions below:

Get proxy server address and port
  In lantern set-up page,click Lantern=>Settings=>Advanced Settings,and remember the server address and port
Edit the Proxy Profile
  In SwitchyOmega option page,edit the example file,fill in the address and port you get above
Enable the profile
  When viewing blocked websites,run lantern and select the above proxy profile,enjoy it!

## See also

- Lantern website
- GitHub project

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- Proxy servers

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