Do I still get updates if I install from .deb file?
If I install software from .deb file, do I still get the updates & upgrades when I run sudo apt update / upgrade ? Or is flatpak the way to go? I'm not very familiar with flatpak, so I'm trying to avoid, but it seems that cons are limited.
I'm currently running mint cinnamon (how original, I know), and asking because i can't seem to add mullvad-vpn stable repo.
Thank you for your help,
I'm currently running mint cinnamon (how original, I know), and asking because i can't seem to add mullvad-vpn stable repo.
Thank you for your help,
crentist
in reply to Dop • • •~~I'm not a Mint user but I would assume the Ubuntu/Debian install instructions on Mullvad would work on Mint as well~~
~~mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/li…
My bad, just read further in mullvads documentation and they do state that Mint requires manual installation. If I understand it correctly you will need to follow these instructions to install updates as well.
mullvad.net/en/help/install-mu…
Install Mullvad app on Linux
Mullvad VPN1984
in reply to Dop • • •Flatpak has annoyances like sometimes not following your icon theme, or just generally looking out of place because not picking up system defaults.
It works but I avoid it. On arch Linux, there is a huge AUR repository where users have made native packages, and thats usually much better than Flatpak. But on Ubuntu, Flatpak is the only option sometimes.
Nanook
in reply to 1984 • •1984
in reply to Nanook • • •Nanook
in reply to 1984 • •dmnelson
in reply to Dop • • •Dop
in reply to dmnelson • • •abrasiveteapot
in reply to Dop • • •Where does mullvad say it's not meant to be used on Mint ? I literally have it running on 5 mint devices.
Can't see that on their website at a quick search
In fact to the contrary this references install for mint
mullvad.net/en/help/install-mu…
Got to the section that says
"Download and install the app"
Install Mullvad app on Linux
Mullvad VPNmybuttnolie
in reply to Dop • • •Makazzz
in reply to mybuttnolie • • •I did get to install the Mullvad repo on Mint.
The thing is they use the "lsb_release -cs" command which give the codename of Mint and not Ubuntu.
But if you use
It will give the codename for Ubuntu used by Mint.
Try this from the Mullvad instruction with this change :
abrasiveteapot
in reply to Dop • • •Further to this, mullvad vpn and browser are now in the Mint store.
Download and install from there
EDIT
Apols, they're not, I checked on the machine I had faffed around with to get the mullvad repo working. Please ignore
bizdelnick
in reply to Dop • • •What's the problem? Mint is based on Ubuntu, use the corresponding Ubuntu repo (
noblein case of Mint 22.1).abrasiveteapot
in reply to bizdelnick • • •Doesn't always work - for example the mullvad browser won't install on mint with the ubuntu instructions as OS version gets reported as Xia not noble (if I'm recalling the issue correctly it was 6-9 months ago)
Yes you can amend the commands to get it to work but it's definitely not beginner level, I had to faff around for an hour or so before I worked it out
bizdelnick
in reply to abrasiveteapot • • •aptfrom repo,aptdoesn't check the distro codename, it just checks if the package dependencies are satisfied.abrasiveteapot
in reply to bizdelnick • • •Really sorry, it's too long ago to remember the exact error,
but IIRC
when you followed the ubuntu instructions for adding the repository it would kick an error because the command included a reference to noble and mint os name is xia so the contents of the osrelease when checked didnt match and it threw an error.
Could be wrong, I didnt document it.
The work around was to edit the commands.
All a moot point now as
a) the instructions now on the mullvad site don't reference noble and
~~b) mullvad now appears to be in the mint store (which is how you should always install if possible~~
Not correct, only true if you've manually added the repo