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

I had something messed up on the OS. (Permissions got fucked up I'm sure)

New steps:

Reinstalled Mint 22.1 (was on the flashdrive I had laying around) - 12 minutes

Update/upgrade - probably should have looked for the 22.3 upgrade first (15 min)

Run 22.3 upgrade - 18 mins

Install ruskdesk - 5 mins (including config)

Install protonvpn - 5 mins

Install jellyfin - 3 minutes

Map libraries/config - way to long because they were still formatted in ntfs, (maybe 20 mins)

Same names/hardware IDs mean my reserved IP should stay the same on the intranet

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago

Glad to hear you got it working :D

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Yeah gotta play with it a bit later on. I usually have that server run a split tunnel that auto connects on boot then a delayed start for the apps that are set to go through the tunnel. If I set the auto login to happen, it prompts for a keychain password for the proton VPN app to be able to auto sign in /connect.

Usually I prefer to set my bios to auto turn on after a power loss and or set an auto on time so if it isn't powered up it make sure the server is back up and running without me ever having to touch it. Then I just tweak or add things remotely through rustdesk.

I'm sure I'll find something in the password management app that'll make it work eventually

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