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submitted 10 months ago by Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

nowadays they always come across as lazy to me, when a bunch of options are available to make installing software on linux painless.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I like them, even for software installation. Partially because they're lazy - it takes almost no effort to write a bash script that will solve a problem like this.

That said a flatpak (like you proposed) would look far more polished, indeed.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

oh i meant devs who provide packages but don't bother with install scripts.

bash scripts are fine when they exist.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Ah, got it. My bad. Yeah, not providing anything is even lazier, and unlike "lazy" bash scripts it leaves the user clueless.

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