Install Mullvad VPN through the Zorin Software app

Guys, the procedure below installs Ubuntu (and its variants) and the Mullvad VPN. I did this on Zorin and it worked fine. I would like to do this through the Zorin 'Software' app so everything stays centralized. When I follow the method recommended on Mullvad’s website, the VPN app doesn’t show up in the store, it doesn’t appear as a repository in the Software app… anyway… if it’s possible, of course. Thank you in advance.

Installing the app using the Mullvad repository

To add our repository to your package manager and install it, follow the steps below.

Ubuntu/Debian

Install curl

(Make sure that you are not using the Snap version of curl).

sudo apt install curl

Download our signing key

The following command will download our PGP public key and store it where your package manager looks for trusted keyrings:

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/mullvad-keyring.asc

Option 1: Add the stable repository

This command adds the stable Mullvad repository to apt:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/mullvad-keyring.asc arch=$( dpkg --print-architecture )] https://repository.mullvad.net/deb/stable stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mullvad.list

Install the package

After the repository is added you can install the Mullvad app using these commands:

sudo apt update sudo apt install mullvad-vpn

The app should now be installed (if not, see Troubleshooting below), and will automatically be upgraded in the future when you run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade.

Try to logout and login again and then take a look in startmenu if you can find the app.

When installing it through the terminal with the commands above, it works normally and appears in the start menu. What I would like to do is migrate these steps so that instead of installing it via terminal as if it were Ubuntu, I can install it through the Zorin “Software” app.

The repository, as configured in the instructions, does appear when checking through apt, but it doesn’t show up inside Zorin’s Software app. So, I would like Mullvad to be included in that update automation that the Software app performs, without the risk of it becoming outdated, breaking, or anything like that.

thanks

When you add a repository, you always have the latest software version. The software of the repo is updated with the normal system updates.
It is the best way to use this app - recommended from the developers.

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When you have added the Repo, it should be in /etc/apt/sources.list.d and when You use the Software Updater, it will update with this Repo, too. But this isn't in Gnome Software.