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How to install Mozilla VPN on a Linux computer.

Mozilla VPN provides an encrypted tunnel to the Internet from any software or app on your desktop, laptop, or mobile devices, allowing you to connect securely and conceal some of your data when you connect to the Internet. It does this by allowing you to connect to one of our partners’ secure servers and browse the Web or access the Internet through that server’s connection. Mozilla VPN is currently available on Windows 10 and Windows 11, Mac, [https://launchpad.net/~mozillacorp/+archive/ubuntu/mozillavpn Linux], Android and iOS devices. For Linux, we currently offer only Ubuntu packages for the latest 2 LTS releases (Focal Fossa 20.04 and Bionic Beaver 18.4) and for the latest non-LTS release (Groovy Gorilla 20.10). __TOC__ =Ubuntu= If you use one of the supported Ubuntu releases, there are two ways to install mozillavpn official packages hosted on [https://launchpad.net/~mozillacorp/+archive/ubuntu/mozillavpn launchpad]: ==Ubuntu command line mode== To install Mozilla VPN using command line mode tools, open the terminal and run the following commands. {note} '''Install commands:''' sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillacorp/mozillavpn sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mozillavpn It may be necessary to install resolvconf if the final command fails, which can also be done using apt: sudo apt-get install resolvconf mozillavpn '''Run command:''' mozillavpn {/note} If you have an active Mozilla VPN subscription, you will now be able to log in using your Firefox Account via any web browser. If you don’t have a subscription, visit the [https://vpn.mozilla.org/ Mozilla VPN] website. ==Ubuntu graphical user interface== Follow the instructions from the ‘’Adding personal package archives from [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Adding_Personal_Package_Archives_.28PPAs.29 this article] =Other Linux distributions= So far, we do not offer packages for any other linux distributions. But if you want to use Mozilla VPN, you can take and compile the source code from the [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/ official github repository]. The [https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/blob/main/README.md README.md] contains all the steps to compile the project.