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 Trusty to Unicorn, you may need to run this command again:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb deb.bitmask.net/debian utopic main"
This is because the Ubuntu upgrade process probably commented out all your prior custom repository lines in /etc/apt/sources.list
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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.
To install
sudo -s add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian utopic 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 utopic main"
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"
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
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
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, etc).
There are two disadvantages to the stand-alone bundle:
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 biti686
, you have 32 biti386
, you have 32 bitIf you want to install an old or development version of Bitmask, you can browse all releases.