The following instructions should be used if you are running a Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) derivative, including Linux Mint 17.x

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://robosub.eecs.wsu.edu/repo/ /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/robosub.list'
wget http://robosub.eecs.wsu.edu/repo/repository_key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ros/rosdistro/master/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo/ubuntu trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gazebo-latest.list'
wget http://packages.osrfoundation.org/gazebo.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
wget https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh -O - | sudo bash
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install robosub robosub-simulator git-lfs
git lfs install

To configure your path to know about ROS software, run

echo "source /opt/ros/indigo/setup.bash" >> ~/.bashrc

Next, continue with the instructions on the getting start page.