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Download the .deb and double click it. https://mullvad.net/en/download/app/deb/latest
People seem to be making this a more difficult job than it needs to be. Yeah I get we're powerusers but can't we drop that for 2 minutes while giving advice so a new user can actually get a job done quickly? Windows EXEs don't automatically update either. Sure it might not be the best way to do it but it's fast and not confusing. (EDIT: Apparently this specific program actually has it's own auto updater)
Things take time to learn. Throwing all of the existing knowledge of repo management at a new user at once does not work.
It's funny how quickly Lemmy turns on a dime between "Linux is easier than Windows" in threads about adopting Linux to "spend some time learning the terminal" when presented with a question that should be a single click (installing an app).
Before the hate train starts, I've been using Linux off and on for 30 years now. And I still struggle with making distros do things that shouldn't be that hard because they aren't hard in Windows.
In this case, to do the exact same as Windows, it literally is just a click.
To auto-update from a repository, it's a similar deal in Windows.
In this case, they're the same. Repos are preferred in GNU/Linux and installers in Windows, but both can do both.
Probably better to link the downloads page, rather than the direct download link: https://mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/linux