🍃 get-mint-debs

A lightweight Bash script that fetches and installs the latest **Snap‑free **`` versions of Thunderbird and Chromium from Linux Mint’s upstream repository, for Ubuntu‑based distributions (e.g., Kubuntu, Pop!_OS).

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✅ Features

• Downloads 64‑bit .deb packages of Thunderbird (main + en locale) and Chromium
• Skips downloads if files already exist
• Installs or updates via dpkg and resolves dependencies with apt
• Caches packages in ~/.local/mint-debs/

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📦 Requirements

• Ubuntu‑based distro (tested on Kubuntu 25.04)
• 64‑bit architecture
• wget, dpkg, apt installed
• Internet connection

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🚀 Usage

1. Download & make executable

   chmod +x get-mint-debs.sh

2. Run the updater

   ./get-mint-debs.sh

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🔄 How It Works

• Parses Linux Mint’s upstream pool to find the latest .deb filenames
• Downloads any new packages into ~/.local/mint-debs/
• Installs or updates them via dpkg and fixes dependencies with apt-get install -f

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🛡️ Security & Notes

• Packages are served directly by packages.linuxmint.com
• No extra repositories are added—safe for Ubuntu systems
• Run the script manually whenever you want to refresh

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🧹 Cleanup

Remove cached .deb files to free space:

rm -rf ~/.local/mint-debs/*

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✍️ License

Distributed under the MIT License. Feel free to fork, star, or contribute!

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