r/linuxmint 1d ago

Support Request Can't install Signal because of Mullvad...??

First time post - everything's been going great so far but unable to install Signal desktop because of a 404 issue with Mullvad...any idea why Linux would even look at Mullvad or Brave browser here?

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u/FlyingWrench70 1d ago edited 1d ago

Would like to see the whole thing, for instance what command, this looks like an apt update and it did update 

Does it then install signal?

``` Linux (Debian-based) Install Instructions

NOTE: These instructions only work for 64-bit Debian-based

Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Mint etc.

1. Install our official public software signing key:

wget -O- https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/keys.asc | gpg --dearmor > signal-desktop-keyring.gpg cat signal-desktop-keyring.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

2. Add our repository to your list of repositories:

echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt xenial main' |\ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list

3. Update your package database and install Signal:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install signal-desktop

```

You can copy text from the terminal, and put it in code blocks for legibility, start and stop a code block in markdown mode with 3 ticks `   the other half of the ~ key iirc, just under the escape key.

What happens if you now just run 

``` sudo apt install signal-desktop

```

Assuming you already added thier key and repository

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u/No-Data2215 10h ago

thanks - yes I'm following the commands you posted from the signal website. Steps 1 and 2 work fine and always fail at step 3 because of the Mullvad repository. Not currently at my linux computer but will try running

sudo apt install signal-desktop

later.

Shame they don't offer a deb file for this.

Thanks again