New VPN, Mint Can't get GUI installed (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Aloha, I'm being dumb. I tried to move away from using PIA- private Internet access do to some suggestions. I bit the bullet and finally switched VPNs after ~5 years or so.

I know others may say it's dumb but I was going to try Proton VPN. On my phone, no issues. If I run the installers in Mint though, I can't seem to get it to install. Tried the Debian install, tried the Ubuntu install, but no luck. Specifically the command sudo apt install proton-vpn-gnome-desktop Will always return an unable to locate package, even while running from the same directory I run the wget commands and such from.

Is there something that you have seen that works well with this? I need to set that machine back up for a split tunnel for a couple specific apps and not others.

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[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Good to know it works somehow, is it GUI or terminal based you use

[-] Broken@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

I also had no issue on multiple machines. Follow their instructions and terminal commands.

Look at the output as you proceed. Seems like the repository is missing so maybe you got an error and didn't realize a step failed.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Don't remember. I just followed the instructions on the website.

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