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[SOLVED] ProtonVPN on Arch Linux (CachyOS) ? (self.archlinux)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by gpstarman to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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How to install ProtonVPN in Arch Linux (CachyOS) ?

Should I follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ProtonVPN ?

from flathub https://flathub.org/apps/com.protonvpn.www ?

This flatpak has Unverified tag, but according to this, this flatpak is safe.

Which one should I follow ?

Asking this because I'm because I'm a bit lazy to configure OpenVPN and all that stuff. (pls don't kill me :)

Also do you think using VPN from flatpak is a good idea?

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[–] gpstarman 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you for the detailed reply.

using one of the many AUR helpers

So, I can't install aur packages via pacman?

Just Work™

Also Are you quoting certain nExT gEn gAmE guy?

[–] Mechanize@feddit.it 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, I can't install aur packages via pacman?

Nope, you have to do it manually or using an helper that abstracts the manual work away.

AUR packages, or to be more precise the PKGBUILD files, are recipes to compile or download stuff outside from the official repositories, manage their deps and installing them on the system.

You should always only run PKGBUILD files that you trust, they can do basically anything on your system. Checking the comments of the package in the aur repo is a good practice too.

Also Are you quoting certain nExT gEn gAmE guy?

...maybe

[–] gpstarman 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks.