Single Linux yum repo for all Proton apps
Right now the Proton VPN can be installed from a Linux yum repo. For example: https://repo.protonvpn.com/fedora-42-stable/
This is great, because to update it, all I have to do is run "sudo dnf update", and if there is a new version of Proton VPN available, it gets updated.
However, all the other Proton Linux apps (Pass, Authenticator, and the Mail beta) get installed by individual rpm downloads. Which means, if I want to update them, I have to download each rpm individually and re-install it to get the upgrade.
There should be one single yum repo for ALL proton apps, so that after you install the repo, you can easily install and update any proton app via a single "sudo yum install" or "sudo yum update" command.
Thank you!
David Ward
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Chaim
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I'm very glad that Proton provides a Linux app. Thank you, and please don't stop. It's a big improvement over a web interface, especially since for privacy I automatically wipe all my cookies.
As things currently stand, upgrading the Proton Mail app takes so much work that for a long time I ignored the updates:
* I click on the update banner in the app.
* Then I log into 1Password.
* Then I put my username and password into Proton.
* Then I do 2FA for Proton.
* Then I click on Mail, and wait for all the redirects and loading to happen.
* Then I click on the gear icon.
* Then I click on "Get the Proton Mail apps".
* Then I select ".rpm for Fedora / Red Hat"
* Then I click "Download".
* Then I open a terminal:
```
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dnf install ./ProtonMail-desktop-beta.rpm
```Having the RPM provided via a yum repo would make it much easier to stay updated, since most of those steps would be skipped.
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T
commented
New Linux user here, running Fedora KDE. The way I’ve been setting up programs (apps, package's, whatever you want to call them) is via dnf for about 90% of my apps (including a couple 3rd party repos), and flatpaks for 9%. The remaining 1% of apps are from things like tar balls or app images, but those are only for game moding, crypto wallet stuff, or other non important stuff. Stuff I don’t take seriously and could easily live without. Apps I am experimenting with, so to speak.
I’m no expert, but I do know that a dnf rpm repo is extremely important... even if it’s just a 3rd party repo, because at least is can be updated along with the rest of your PC with the single “sudo dnf update –y” command. You know, the thing that alone makes Linux superior to windows. So if password management is important, it should use a serious installation method, not the same installation method crypto rug pullers use. Something to think about.
So yes, this is a critical feature.