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,
Mullvad repo doesn’t work in mint. The .deb does not update automatically. You have to download it manually every time you want to update it.
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
awk -F= '$1=="UBUNTU_CODENAME" { print $2 ;}' /etc/os-releaseIt will give the codename for Ubuntu used by Mint.
Try this from the Mullvad instruction with this change :
# Download the Mullvad signing key sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/mullvad-keyring.asc # Add the Mullvad repository server to apt echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=$( dpkg --print-architecture )] https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable $(awk -F= '$1=="UBUNTU_CODENAME" { print $2 ;}' /etc/os-release) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list # Install the package sudo apt update sudo apt install mullvad-vpnI’m already married, but, would you marry me? I’m guessing you’re probably very useful to have around.
Ah, a Morman.
Haha, thanks for the kind words but I did forget to add the source. I did not figure this out by myself. The link
I just told my wife she’s going to have to share now🤣
You give the info, and then a link to the source? There’s still hope for humanity 😉
The answer is going vary by package. If the deb file adds a repo containing updates for itself, then yes. If not, then no.
I assumed it’s not the case since mullvad states it’s not meant to be used on mont, but is there a way to check?
Mint is Debian based. Mullvad supports debian.
Generally, no. Apt gets its packages from the repositories, so unless (i) your .deb package gets added to those repositories, or (ii) you add a new repository that contains your package, it won’t be updated.
some deb packages add new repositories to the system, so there’s a possibility that just installing a deb package will ensure updates keep coming. if i recall correctly, that’s what zoom does
