Install Bitmask on Linux

Install as packages

This is the recommended method of installing Bitmask.

Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian saucy main"
curl 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 saucy main"

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian raring main"
curl 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 raring main"

Debian 7.0 (Wheezy)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian wheezy main"
curl 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 wheezy main"

Debian 8.0 (Jessie)

To install

sudo -s
add-apt-repository "deb http://deb.bitmask.net/debian jessie main"
curl 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 jessie main"

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, etc).

There are several disadvantages to the stand-alone bundle:

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

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
• ia64, you have 64 bit
• i686, you have 32 bit
• i386, you have 32 bit

32 bit kernel

Download 32 bit

64 bit kernel

Download 64 bit

Other options

If you want to install an old version of Bitmask, you can browse all releases.