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What distro are you running? I think you should be able to just find the app in the app store.
If not, the webside includes the download link literally in the first paragraph: https://mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/linux
Just download and double click the package, that should bring up your app store, and then click install you will be fine.
Not at my computer, but you might check if there is a snap or flatpak
People here saying you can just download and run the .deb just like the .exe
Aren't you forgetting the "add +x permission" step?
A deb file will "run" in the package manager process space, it doesn't need to be executable on its own
my tactic if the site looks trustworthy is always:
Not specific to Mullvad, but you can use flatpak or your distro's package manager (probably apt) to install programs, On Ubuntu, you can open the software program and search the programs to install it, that should be the first thing to do when you want to install something rather than going to the website.