Package Details: nordvpn-bin 3.20.2-4

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/nordvpn-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: nordvpn-bin
Description: NordVPN CLI tool for Linux
Upstream URL: https://nordvpn.com/download/linux/
Keywords: networking nordvpn openvpn security vpn
Licenses: GPL3
Conflicts: openvpn-nordvpn
Provides: nordvpn
Submitter: metiis
Maintainer: Mxzcabel
Last Packager: Mxzcabel
Votes: 172
Popularity: 1.10
First Submitted: 2018-08-29 12:13 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-05-09 18:47 (UTC)

Pinned Comments

Mxzcabel commented on 2023-03-23 20:37 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-12 22:12 (UTC) by Mxzcabel)

"Please, do not flag this package as out-of-date until there's the official release on Github page."

"Maybe the announcement is delayed, but wait for some other possible forward release, which is patching the previous one before the actual publishing."

Note from 3.20.2-4

Dependency included as mandatory earlier as community request.

If you're late for the party and only had updated up to 3.20.2-2.1:

  • Simply uninstall nordvpn-bin and install again.

If you're coming from Manjaro or e.g another Arch-based distro with no stable libxml2-legacy package just yet:

  • No need to upgrade. It's best keeping with the 3.20.2-3 version. But if you already had, then you can downgrade.

Note from 3.20.2-3

There is now a new package from official repositories named libxml2-legacy and with it two fresh considerations:

  • Despite the fact libxml2-legacy was included as optional, it is actually a mandatory dependency. This will change on next NordVPN's release if the legacy support remains.

  • This release only removes the previous symbolic link and purges the file within NordVPN library directory, otherwise it would result in an error before installation/upgrade.

Note from 3.20.2-2.1

A patch have been implemented due the absence of libxml2.so.2 after package upgrade to 2.14.2. This fix is not useful if:

  • You plan to keep your system update to a specific date until NordVPN officially uses the new library.

  • You are from a different distribution, which is a Arch-based one with other repositories, and libxml2 is not yet upgraded.

Note from 3.19.1:

The repository's hierarchy has been updated and a slightly divergence comes with it. It was from:

/debian/pool/main

To now as:

/debian/pool/main/n/nordvpn

Any previous commits you may like to try in the future will need a manual mediation to replace old links in favor of the new ones.

Note from 3.19.0:

This version introduces new libraries being used by NordVPN. I have created symbolic links and committed a patch for it not interposing with already existing libraries (like sqlite3). Although this is not a big deal, If you, however, upgraded nordvpn-bin before the fix and noticed some library-related issue from sqlite lately, I suggest reinstalling the affected package.

Note from 3.17.4v:

The previous bug exposing DNS servers is fixed.

Note from 3.17.3v:

Caution! This version needs heed while using it and should be avoided. I strongly advice downgrading to 3.17.2 and wait for a new version or patching. Some big problems are:

  • There's DNS leak present. Your original ISP servers can be exposed, as reported already on #343 issue.

  • Unable to connect on nordvpn servers. Your journal might show the follow output: networker setting dns: setting dns with resolvectl: setting dns with resolvectl: Failed to set DNS configuration: Could not activate remote peer: activation request failed: unknown unit.: exit status 1

    After restarting resolve with systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service you may get it working again, enough for connecting normally, as reported, but not exclusively an ARM platform issue, on #342.

Also huge thanks for the community warnings in prior comments before I could've noticed all.

Note from 3.16.2v:

As the published note from the version above has mentioned on Github's page:

  • Logging in with a username and password is no longer available in the terminal.

Please, consider using a token to logging in from now on.

Note from 3.16.0v:

The 'countries.dat' may differ between versions. Be aware to remove the file before upgrading the package.

martoko commented on 2020-12-20 09:10 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-20 09:12 (UTC) by martoko)

If you're seeing the message "Daemon is unreachable, is systemd running?", then one of two things is probably happening.

The nordvpn daemon might not be started
Start it using:
sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd

You might not have been added to the nordvpn group
Add yourself:
sudo gpasswd -a USERNAME nordvpn
And then restart in order for the group to be created:
reboot

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nallekarhu commented on 2020-12-17 23:58 (UTC)

@kamil: following your advice exactly worked for me. Thanks!

Techi-Joe commented on 2020-12-17 23:45 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-17 23:50 (UTC) by Techi-Joe)

@kamil I tried that as well, no luck. sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd no longer produces an error, but when I rum nordvpn c I get the error message: Whoops! Cannot reach System Daemon

Edit: Tried 3.8.5, same issue.

Th30 commented on 2020-12-17 23:17 (UTC)

@kamil: I had already tried to add the group (without the -r option). So I deleted the group created and followed your procedure, without result. The error message Whoops! Cannot reach System Daemon.

<deleted-account> commented on 2020-12-17 22:48 (UTC)

The version 3.8.8 is working fine but you need to create the system group manually and add yourself to that group:

sudo groupadd -r nordvpn
yay -Syu nordvpn-bin
sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd.service
sudo gpasswd -a <username> nordvpn

Log out and in to finish group update process.

Techi-Joe commented on 2020-12-17 22:32 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-17 22:35 (UTC) by Techi-Joe)

https://aur.archlinux.org/ipset-git.git is required to install, but it isn't included in the repositories despite being listed. I had to clone it manually into the nordvpn-bin folder before it would build.

Topocount commented on 2020-12-17 20:41 (UTC)

Because 3.8.8 doesn't seem to be working for many people, I want to bump syscall1001's suggestion to use 3.8.5 for now

nrtr commented on 2020-12-17 20:29 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-17 20:35 (UTC) by nrtr)

I am informing of the same issue. I had an earlier version installed today before I updated to 3.8.8. The earlier version which was installed with the following process and I was able to connect to the VPN even after a restart.

For info on how I got it running which may be helpful in resolving this.

Commands were entered in the following order.

sudo yay-S nordvpn-bin

sudo systemctl enable nordvpnd.service

sudo systemctl start nordvpnd.service

I have also tried the pinned comments command "sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd"

And I get the following "A dependency job for nordvpnd.service failed. See 'journalctl -xe' for details."

I see @nimbusflow has the same I didn't see the drop down show more option. I have the same.

Th30 commented on 2020-12-17 20:06 (UTC)

Hi, +1 loiccoyle. Creating the nordvpn group removes the error message on installation but it is not possible to use the application (error with the service).

loiccoyle commented on 2020-12-17 19:38 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-17 19:39 (UTC) by loiccoyle)

With the 3.8.8-1 version I'm also having trouble getting the nordvpn service to start, I suspect it has something to do with the error msg I got during installation:

/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/nordvpn.conf:1: Failed to resolve group 'nordvpn'.
error: command failed to execute correctly

faetter commented on 2020-12-17 19:08 (UTC) (edited on 2020-12-17 20:13 (UTC) by faetter)

Installed 3.8.8-1 and now I can't connect because the system daemon can't be reached.

This is what I see in journalctl after I tried to run the enable nordvpnd command. Any thoughts?

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: nordvpnd.socket: TCP_NODELAY failed: Operation not supported

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: Starting NordVPN Daemon Socket. Subject: A start job for unit nordvpnd.socket has begun execution Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel A start job for unit nordvpnd.socket has begun execution. The job identifier is 1175.

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1542]: nordvpnd.socket: Failed to resolve group nordvpn: No such process

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: nordvpnd.socket: Control process exited, code=exited, status=216/GROUP Subject: Unit process exited Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel An ExecStartChown= process belonging to unit nordvpnd.socket has exited. The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 216.

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: nordvpnd.socket: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Subject: Unit failed Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel The unit nordvpnd.socket has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: Failed to listen on NordVPN Daemon Socket. Subject: A start job for unit nordvpnd.socket has failed Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel A start job for unit nordvpnd.socket has finished with a failure. The job identifier is 1175 and the job result is failed.

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: Dependency failed for NordVPN Daemon. Subject: A start job for unit nordvpnd.service has failed Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel A start job for unit nordvpnd.service has finished with a failure. The job identifier is 1084 and the job result is dependency.

Dec 17 18:48:47 systemd[1]: nordvpnd.service: Job nordvpnd.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

Dec 17 18:48:47 sudo[1512]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root

Dec 17 18:48:47 audit[1512]: USER_END pid=1512 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=2 msg='op=PAM:session_close grantors=pam_limits,pam_unix,pam_permit acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'

Dec 17 18:48:47 audit[1512]: CRED_DISP pid=1512 uid=1000 auid=1000 ses=2 msg='op=PAM:setcred grantors=pam_faillock,pam_permit,pam_faillock acct="root" exe="/usr/bin/sudo" hostname=? addr=? terminal=/dev/pts/1 res=success'

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