Is it possible to install a program from an archive?

[Delbruck]

On my Windows machines I usually install chromium from an archive from the following website:
https://chromium.woolyss.com
From that site you will see a few different version of chromium available. The one I usually install is the "ungoogled" version. It has the least junk in it.

But here's the problem. I have installed Mint and I'm playing around with it and it seems that, as far as I can see, the only way to install chromium is from the package manager. Unfortunately this downloads and installs the full version that has just a bit of google crap in it.
There is an archive that I can download from my link above on that website that is for linux.

So here's my question ... is it possible, on linux mint, to install the version that I want from that downloaded archive so that, in the end, I end up with that version of chromium that I want?

[spamegg]

The archive you linked shows that the Mint repository version is the same as their version:

[Delbruck]

I don't think it is the same one as the one I am looking for is the archive here:
https://chromium.woolyss.com/#linux
That one is "ungoogled". Might have the same version number but it is slightly different.
Is it possible to install from an archive? Or update from the archive?

[spamegg]

It seems possible here:
https://github.com/ungoogled-software/u ... ium-debian
They have instructions for Ubuntu Focal (Mint 20):

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# echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_Focal/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home-ungoogled_chromium.list > /dev/null
# curl -s 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ungoogled_chromium/Ubuntu_Focal/Release.key' | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/home-ungoogled_chromium.gpg > /dev/null
# sudo apt update
# sudo apt install -y ungoogled-chromium

[Flemur]

I don't think it is the same one as the one I am looking for is the archive here:
https://chromium.woolyss.com/#linux

That URL says their version for Mint is in the Mint repos; but there are a lot of archives at that URL - are you trying to install a different version, something other than the version they have for Mint?

[Delbruck]

Yes, I am trying to install the first one from the screenshot I posted. Notice that the third colored block in purple says "ungoogled". That is the one I want. I can download the archive but I don't know what to do with the files. In Windows you just copy the entire archive over to the chromium folder and overwrite the existing files. But in Linux I'm guessing you can't do that. I don't think that all the files are in one single folder.