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,
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…

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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.

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"

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