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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My fresh Debian install didn't have that too and I thought it came with the installation

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Debian doesn't even come with sudo, git or curl by default. It's kind of minimal on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

It always throws me off on a fresh install when I can't sudo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I didn't know that any distribution comes with git preinstalled.