Vivaldi not listed in Linux Mint Software Manager but "all" other browsers are
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Ok, I think you are right, sorry. Perhaps this can help.
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@TF-19 yes
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Just saw that someone did respond to that github request after all, the answer was... expected (to be the same )
Most apps (and browsers) that can be downloaded from the Mint Software Manager come from the Ubuntu repository (deb) and Flathub (Flatpak).
If the Vivaldi team publishes an option on Flathub, it will automatically appear in the Software Manager. -
If you are using the Debian-based Linux Mint, install the Vivaldi .DEB package and during the install, it will automatically add the Vivaldi repository for future updates.
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Vivaldi is listed in the software manager for Sparky Linux, so it is not that Vivalidi is on some general GNU LInux blacklist or is in any way incompatible with GUI application installers. The installation of Vivaldi went flawlessly in Sparky, apart from having to create a key ring--something I haven't seen in a long time.
So if Vivaldi is not listed in Ubuntu or Mint's management software, it is simply because they have chosen not to list it or they haven't gotten around to it.
And it is no biggie to go to Vivaldi's download site -- https://vivaldi.com/download/ -- and download the appropriate file format, then right click on the file and choose whether you want to use Synaptic or the distro's management app to install it--Synaptic is probably better and is definitely more hardcore cool, but both will work.
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Vivaldi is also listed in the software manager for MX Linux, a distro currently at the top of Disto Watch's popularity list.
I use Mint, in part because its put of the box emulation of the MS Explorer interface makes shifting between Windows and Linux less disorienting when I am tired. I started using it when I was weaning family and friends off their dangerously support-expired XP installations on older hardware. The transition for these non-techie people was largely seamless. I have no problems with Mint--well there have been a few over the years but none of any severity recently. It does not bother me that Vivaldi in not listed Mint's software manager.
If anyone is actually bothered by this Vivaldi-not-listed issue, choose another distro.
MX seems very nice, spectacularly good looking. It is a bit too heavy for the old netbook I have been trying it on, but I am otherwise impressed.
Sparky, mentioned immediately above, is also nice, but a bit more minimalist and therefore less pretty.
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I never got a reaction from a responsible person at Mint. I do not expect any answer.
If forum user want to ask, they should do at https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/issues
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@DoctorG It's up to the individual distributions as to whether they want to include Vivaldi in their own internal repositories.
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if only mint could access the
aur
. say, i seem to vaguely recall some other distro that can access theaur
, ergo, vivaldi... damn, it seems to have slipped my mind for the moment, now which one was it again, uuuuuuuummmmm... -
@ybjrepnfr BlendOS !
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@DoctorG, I don't think that Vivaldi isn't there because it isn't full FOSS, when even Chrome, Edge and Opera are in the Repo, the closest source browser ever.
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https://github.com/linuxmint/mintinstall/issues/392
They said: Upload as Flatpak to Flathub or to Ubuntu repo? -
@Catweazle Opera is not in the repo as an installable package until I have installed Opera myself and added it.
Exception: Flatpaks.
I have deleted all flatpak entries in my Linux Mint. Only the normal packages appear, and neither Edge, nor Opera, nor Chrome, nor Floorp, etc. are listed there. Vivaldi - like Opera - is only listed because I installed it beforehand.Update:
I wrote an issue here about it. -
@Dancer18 I fear you will get a "We wont add this" from Mint maintainers.
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@DoctorG Yes, so is it. The issue is closed already. And also my question in ubuntuusers forum gave the answer that it is as it is, without a chance to pull a request at ubuntu.
Update:
I got an info from German ubuntuusers forum:With Ubuntu, however, anyone can contribute packages to universe, see e.g. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/FAQ. However, since Ubuntu is not a rolling release distro with a few exceptions (e.g. Firefox when it was still in the main sources), this is not software that is really suitable for the Ubuntu package sources for browsers that receive regular (security) updates. You are much better off with a third-party source, e.g. from the developer or a snap or flatpak from the developer.