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Windscribe install

Hello, I am trying to install the title's app without result. I have installed windscribe-v2-bin or windscribe-beta-bin  from aur. But both of them cannot run. I am trying to install windscribe-runit with no success. I am taking the below messages

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->No AUR package found for windscribe-cli
 -> could not find all required packages: windscribe-cli
 
     

 
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            windscribe-cli status
Aborting: app did not start in time
 
  
Can someone give me an idea on this?                            

Re: Windscribe install

Reply #1 –
Quote from: AntonyZ0 – on
Hello, I am trying to install the title's app without result. I have installed windscribe-v2-bin or windscribe-beta-bin  from aur. But both of them cannot run. I am trying to install windscribe-runit with no success. I am taking the below messages
Quote
->No AUR package found for windscribe-cli
 -> could not find all required packages: windscribe-cli
 
     
 
Quote
            windscribe-cli status
Aborting: app did not start in time
 
  
Can someone give me an idea on this?                            

Unfortunately, the GUI clients for several commercial VPNs, such as Windscribe and Proton VPN, depend on systemd. The Windscribe’s GUI client is open source but, unless someone takes the effort to port it, you won't be able to use it on distros that use other init systems.

You can manually download the windscribe-cli package from https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/releases/tag/v2.13.8 and install it using pacman to see if it fixes your issue or not. I tried it before on my Artix+OpenRC system and it didn't work for me but that was a long time ago.

If you have a subscription for Windscribe, the best option for you is to download their Wireguard or OpenVPN configs and use them on Artix Linux.

Re: Windscribe install

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I have the free plan so there aren't wireguard and OpenVPN configurations. Unfortunatelly the manual installation of windscribe-cli didn't solve the issue. I also have vpn-unlimited subscription but the app cannot be installed through AUR. The boost174 has the following errors:


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ERROR: One or more files failed the validity check!
-> error making: boost174-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
boost174-libs - exit status 1
Could I transfer VPN-Unlimited and Boost174 from an older Artix installation where they work correctly? Which files or folders should I copy to make them function on my new system?

Re: Windscribe install

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If you look at the issues on the github https://github.com/Windscribe/Desktop-App/issues?q=systemd there are people claiming to have it working on Mx Linux with SysVInit so it seems it is possible.
I haven't looked much into it but I think you'd have to compile your own version as the binaries contained in the Windscribe provided Arch package at https://windscribe.com/download/ link to libsystemd.so.0 (this includes windscribe-cli)

I'd be very dubious of the AUR package windscribe-v2-bin as it's sourcing the Arch package from https://deploy.totallyacdn.com so could be anything ?

Re: Windscribe install

Reply #4 –
torguard works.

Re: Windscribe install

Reply #5 –
Quote from: AntonyZ0 – on
I have the free plan so there aren't wireguard and OpenVPN configurations. Unfortunatelly the manual installation of windscribe-cli didn't solve the issue.
Honestly, the burden of fixing this issue is on the developers of Windscribe. The Windscribe's GUI client for Linux is a joke! I remember back in the day I couldn't run Windscribe because it was hard coded against a version of polkit that was only available on Debian’s stable repo and I was using Debian Sid. I suggest that you open an issue on their GitHub page. This way, they will know that they have customers who use systemd-free distros.

Quote from: AntonyZ0 – on
I also have vpn-unlimited subscription but the app cannot be installed through AUR.
Never heard of this VPN before. Be careful! Free VPNs are mostly spyware. I personally don't use any of these shady VPNs. It's so easy to create your own VPN using a Linux VPS. Renting a VPS is also often cheaper than buying a VPN subscription and you will have full control over your data.

Re: Windscribe install

Reply #6 –
ovh has 100mb for 12$ for a year