I want to install Chromium from the Linux Mint repositories in Ubuntu 20.04, to avoid snap.

This answer describes how to install Chromium from the Debian repository.

However, the Linux Mint repository usually hosts an updated version of Chromium compared to Debian (as of 12th January 2022, LM 20 repository contains Chromium 97, whereas Debian 11 repository has Chromium 90), and also, Debian security team might soon discontinue maintaining Chromium.

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There are a couple of steps required to make this work and, fortunately, it's not too crazy. Here's how you can do this:

0. Open Terminal (if it's not already open)

1. Create an apt source file for the Mint repository:

   echo "deb una upstream" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mint-una.list

2. To prevent NO_PUBKEY you have to add the GPG key by this:

   sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com A1715D88E1DF1F24 40976EAF437D05B5 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32 A6616109451BBBF2

3. Then update package lists by apt:

   sudo apt update

4. Prevent installation of other packages by pin-file:

   cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-chromium
   Package: *
   Pin: release o=linuxmint
   Pin-Priority: -1
   Package: chromium
   Pin: release o=linuxmint
   Pin-Priority: 1000
   EOF

5. Install chromium:

   sudo apt install chromium

6. Open chromium and check the About:^{Note: You may want to change the landing page, which is all about Mint Una 😉}

This will give you what you're looking for 👍🏻

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