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Protonvpn again

I was running protonvpn-cli https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,3284.msg22591.html#msg22591  Yesterday it gave an "externally managed environment" error, which means that the app now is required to run in a virtual environment, I think.  I don't know if this is related to stradjer's warning in the thread.  This was new to me, so I'll post my results here in case it's useful for someone. 

I found two ways to run protonvpn:
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$ python3 -m venv /path
$ path/bin/pip3 install protonvpn-cli
$ sudo /path/bin/protonvpn c -f  # connect with fastest server

Or, python-pipx automates the process somewhat.  It creates .local/pipx which contains venvs/protonvpn-cli, and a link in .local/bin
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$ pipx install protonvpn-cli
$ sudo ~/.local/bin/protonvpn c -f

My configuration from before still worked, I didn't have to do protonvpn init again. 

As people said in the thread, the vpn can be launched from network-manager or from open-vpn, but an advantage of protonvpn-cli is that it chooses the fastest available server.  I'm not entirely sure it's worth 35MB of disk space, though.   ::)

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Edit :  as of March 2024, the community protonvpn-cli no longer connects due to changes at protonvpn.  The official cli requires systemd.   https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonVPN/comments/1bd1o4e/protonvpn_cli_api_not_working/

Re: Protonvpn again

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Hey there,

I just wanted to give you my thanks for posting this.

Recently moved from Debian to Artix, and what a great system. Only downside was not being able to get my vpn working, and I have a 2 year subscription so changing providers wasnt possible.

This worked perfectly! I really wish I had checked the forum first because I wasted a ton of time trying to get the AUR packages to work.

Have a great weekend, and thanks again!