Tailscale

Posted 2024-09-03

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These instructions cover how to install Tailscale on both Linux Mint 21.x and 22.x.

Linux Mint 21.x

Add Tailscale’s GPG key

$ curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/jammy.noarmor.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

Add the tailscale repository:

$ curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/jammy.tailscale-keyring.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list

Install Tailscale:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install tailscale

Start Tailscale:

$ sudo tailscale up

Linux Mint 22.x

Add Tailscale’s GPG key

$ curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/noble.noarmor.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

Add the tailscale repository:

$ curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu/noble.tailscale-keyring.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list

Install Tailscale:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install tailscale

Start Tailscale:

$ sudo tailscale up