Tails Autostart

Table of contents

1. Overview
2. Install Tails Autostart
3. How to use it
4. Remove Tails Autostart

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Overview

Tails Autostart is a utility script that automatically starts scripts/applications on Tails bootup.

This utility facilitates other applications to work properly.

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Install Tails Autostart

• Open a Terminal window: choose Applications ▸ Utilities ▸ Terminal

• Clone Run-on-Tails GitHub repository:

  $ cd ~/Downloads
  $ git clone https://github.com/dutu/run-on-tails.git
  

• Run installation script:

  $ chmod +x ./run-on-tails/tails-autostart/install.sh
  $ ./run-on-tails/tails-autostart/install.sh
  

  • Wait for message Tails Autostart installation completed successfully.

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How to use it

• add any scripts to /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config/autostart/amnesia.d to execute them on startup as user amnesia
• add any scripts to /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config/autostart/root.d to execute them on startup as user root

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Remove Tails Autostart

• Remove Tails Autostart files:

  $ rm /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config/autostart/tails-autostart.desktop
  $ rm -fr /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.config/autostart/tails-autostart
  

  Scripts in autostart/amnesia.d and autostart/root.d intended to run on startup will remain in place. However, with the removal of Tails autostart, they will no longer be triggered at Tails startup.