Update: the same issue exists with Ubuntu 14.04.5 and Ubuntu 15.10 when installing tor from the "universe" repo.
Partial install log from Ubuntu 15.10 [...] Setting up tor (0.2.6.10-1ubuntu2) ... Something or somebody made /var/lib/tor disappear. Creating one for you again. Something or somebody made /var/log/tor disappear. Creating one for you again. invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of start. Setting up torsocks (2.1.0-1) ... Setting up tor-geoipdb (0.2.6.10-1ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4.3) ... I have not tested it with the official deb.torproject.org repo on Ub1404/Ub15.10 I am surprised not more people are reporting this issue... At least for me tor is not installable without tinkering... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568435 Title: Tor cannot start `obfs4proxy` ('Operation not permitted') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tor/+bug/1568435/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs