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,
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.
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
Saying it is not supported is not the same as not meant to be used
In fact to the contrary this references install for mint
https://mullvad.net/en/help/install-mullvad-app-linux
Got to the section that says
“Download and install the app”
For a command line explanation
Honestly though just download the .deb and double click on it out of the folder to get debi to install. It’s all gui and easy
Look at the files in
/etc/apt/sources.listand/etc/apt/sources.list.d.you can also just check
dpkg -L $installed_package_name | grep /etc/apt/to find files that would have been installed by the package there.