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.

  • brax
    75·
    11 months ago

    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

    • lefixxx@lemmy.world
      51·
      11 months ago

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

      • brax
        1·
        11 months ago

        They asked how to do it, I wanted to make sure that they knew that an application not existing in the repo doesn’t mean the application isn’t actually available.

      • brax
        31·
        11 months ago

        How do you ensure you have the right dependencies if you do that?

        • callyral [he/they]@pawb.socialEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          usually it’s an appimage, i mistakenly said binary. although there are programs that offer ELF binaries, in that case you can try running it. if it doesn’t run, check the list of runtime dependencies for the program and install what is necessary using your package manager.