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tda

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Registered: 2020-06-27

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[SOLVED] how to use NordVPN on Arch Linux

I'm trying to use NordVPN. The NordVPN Arch Wiki page says I should install the nordvpn AUR package. This package is flagged as out-of-date, and seems to be orphaned. Nevertheless, I tried to install it and and got this error:

Error: Error response from daemon: client version 1.43 is too old. Minimum supported API version is 1.44, please upgrade your client to a newer version
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
error: failed to build 'nordvpn-3.17.2-1': 
error: packages failed to build: nordvpn-3.17.2-1

How do I use NordVPN on Arch Linux?

Last edited by tda (2026-01-27 04:57:39)

killertofus

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Re: [SOLVED] how to use NordVPN on Arch Linux

have you tried the -bin version? https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nordvpn-bin

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tda

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Registered: 2020-06-27

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Re: [SOLVED] how to use NordVPN on Arch Linux

Yeah I just installed nordvpn-bin and everything worked. Not sure why the ArchWiki page doesn't mention that package. Seems strange that page isn't up-to-date for popular software like NordVPN.

tda

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Registered: 2020-06-27

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Re: [SOLVED] how to use NordVPN on Arch Linux

I added a topic about this on the Discussion page of the NordVPN ArchWiki page.