Upgrading

From stand-alone bundles: Bitmask should upgrade itself automatically (for versions equal or later than 0.7.0). If you are running a version prior to 0.7.0, you can download the new bundle and copy the “config” folder from the old bundle directory.

From packages: If you are running from packages, then you can trigger an update like so:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

NOTE: When upgrading Ubuntu from 14.10 (Utopic) to 15.04 (Vivid), you may need to run this command again:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb deb.bitmask.net/debian vivid main"

This is because the Ubuntu upgrade process probably commented out all your prior custom repository lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.

Install as packages

This is the recommended method of installing Bitmask. If installed as a package, Bitmask will run faster, be better integrated in the system, and will be kept up to date.

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian vivid main"
wget -O- https://dl.bitmask.net/apt.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install bitmask leap-keyring

To remove

sudo -s
apt-get remove bitmask leap-keyring
apt-key del 0x1E34A1828E207901
add-apt-repository --remove "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian vivid main"

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian trusty main"
wget -O- https://dl.bitmask.net/apt.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install bitmask leap-keyring

To remove

sudo -s
apt-get remove bitmask leap-keyring
apt-key del 0x1E34A1828E207901
add-apt-repository --remove "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian trusty main"

Debian 7.0 (Wheezy)

To install

sudo -s
echo "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian wheezy main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitmask.list
wget -O- https://dl.bitmask.net/apt.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install bitmask leap-keyring

To remove

sudo -s
apt-get remove bitmask leap-keyring
apt-key del 0x1E34A1828E207901
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitmask.list

Debian 8.0 (Jessie)

To install

sudo -s
echo "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitmask.list
wget -O- https://dl.bitmask.net/apt.key | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install bitmask leap-keyring

To remove

sudo -s
apt-get remove bitmask leap-keyring
apt-key del 0x1E34A1828E207901
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitmask.list

Install stand-alone bundle

Alternately, you can run Bitmask from a stand alone bundle. This is useful if want to run Bitmask from a thumb drive. The bundle should work on most recent Linux distributions that are derived from Debian (e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Trisquel, etc).

There are two disadvantages to the stand-alone bundle:

• The Bitmask app will be less well integrated with the desktop environment.
• Running from the bundle is slower to start than via packages.

Optionally, you can authenticate the signature for the Bitmask files before you run them.

How do you tell if you running a 32 bit or 64 bit kernel? Run the following command:

uname -m

If the result is:

• x86_64, you have 64 bit
• i686, you have 32 bit
• i386, you have 32 bit

32 bit kernel

Download 32 bit

Signature file

64 bit kernel

Download 64 bit

Signature file

Other options

You can browse all releases for old or experimental downloads.

You should install the latest stable release. Downloads tagged with “RC” are “Release Candidates” and receive frequent experimental updates that may break the application.