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Packages like discord or vivaldi provide a .deb file which can be installed using apt install. Let's say in case of an update, how should one go about updating this package? I don't think these packages will be updated by a apt update && apt upgrade. Do we have to then manually download the new version, uninstall the previous version, and then install the new version? Sounds like a lot of work.

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  • For the specific software mentioned: https://askubuntu.com/questions/982407/how-to-update-software-installed-via-deb-file, https://askubuntu.com/a/853945/158442 – muru May 01 '21 at 09:58
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    These days, installing Vivaldi also adds their repo and the browser updates with the rest of the system. – KGIII May 01 '21 at 18:05
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    @KGIII great. I'll look into that. In fact that's what I prefer. – Weezy May 01 '21 at 18:08

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For Discord - yes, you should download its new deb-packaged version everytime. Or use alternative sources:

  • FlatPak:

    sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub com.discordapp.Discord

  • Snap:

    snap install discord

For Vivaldi - they have APT repository. You have to add it to the system by using commands below:

cd /tmp
wget http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/linux_signing_key.pub
sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/deb/ stable main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vivaldi-stable
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