New Linux user here. Is this really how I'm supposed to install apps on Linux? - eviltoast

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.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
    1·
    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·
      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·
        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.