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https://mullvad.net/en/help/install-mullvad-app-linux

Trying to install VPN and these are the instructions Mullvad is giving me. This is ridiculous. There must be a more simple way. I know how to follow the instructions but I have no idea what I'm doing here. Can't I just download a file and install it? I'm on Ubuntu.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What distro are you running? I think you should be able to just find the app in the app store.

If not, the webside includes the download link literally in the first paragraph: https://mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/linux

Just download and double click the package, that should bring up your app store, and then click install you will be fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not at my computer, but you might check if there is a snap or flatpak

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[–] ILikeBoobies 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

sudo synaptic for a graphical package manager.

Otherwise, just use sudo apt-get if the program you want isn't there, you may need to download the source and compile it yourself

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting to a new user to build from source when he can't run a couple of commands?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

People here saying you can just download and run the .deb just like the .exe

Aren't you forgetting the "add +x permission" step?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A deb file will "run" in the package manager process space, it doesn't need to be executable on its own

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