Package Details: expressvpn 3.67.0.0_1-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/expressvpn.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: expressvpn
Description: Proprietary VPN client for Linux
Upstream URL: https://expressvpn.com
Licenses: LicenseRef-custom
Submitter: 2bluesc
Maintainer: 2bluesc (WorMzy)
Last Packager: WorMzy
Votes: 50
Popularity: 0.030131
First Submitted: 2016-03-26 03:18 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-04-02 09:31 (UTC)

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paintie commented on 2020-07-28 21:16 (UTC)

Info from expressvpn's site ...

wget https://www.expressvpn.com/expressvpn_release_public_key_0xAFF2A1415F6A3A38.asc

gpg --import expressvpn_release_public_key_0xAFF2A1415F6A3A38.asc

All installed fine; thank you very much for maintaining.

WorMzy commented on 2019-11-06 13:15 (UTC)

Looks like update notifications are working for the linux client now, but unfortunately the current version (2.3.2) thinks it's an older version (2.3.1 -- check expressvpn --version), so the update alert people get when they run expressvpn status may be a false positive.

Please check what version is reported at https://www.expressvpn.com/latest (or https://www.expressvpn.com/support/troubleshooting/china-status/#linux as this sometimes gets updates listed sooner) before flagging the package as out-of-date.

WorMzy commented on 2019-01-11 11:38 (UTC) (edited on 2019-01-23 20:41 (UTC) by WorMzy)

Please note that, from v2.0.0, ExpressVPN will be providing signed Arch packages on their website (alongside the deb and rpm packages). I'll be continuing to update this package, but for those that find using the AUR cumbersome or just don't want to wait, please be aware of this option.

EDIT: packages were delayed for testing, but seem to be live as of 2019-01-23.

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aleksozolins commented on 2022-10-11 00:57 (UTC)

Every time I restart my system I am forced to re-activate. Wondering if I'm missing something obvious here. Any advice appreciated!

AlexWayfer commented on 2022-06-21 22:29 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-21 22:29 (UTC) by AlexWayfer)

I have issues with connecting:

> expressvpn connect
A new version is available, download it from https://www.vlycgtx.com/latest#linux.

Connecting to Smart Location...
Connecting to Sweden... 1.0% Still trying to connect. This might take a minute..

WorMzy commented on 2022-04-10 19:21 (UTC)

@Palanthis no issues here, system up-to-date as of Friday, service starting at boot as usual.

Palanthis commented on 2022-04-10 06:07 (UTC)

Anyone else having the (new) issue where the expressvpn.service won't start on boot? I have enabled it several times. I don't see any errors in my logs. Once the system is booted, systemctl start expressvpn.service does successfully start the service (after 60 seconds) and then the VPN can connect. I tested this same version in Debian and Arch VMs. It is alive on boot in Debian, but not Arch. Not sure if it's due to a newer kernel version or systemd or something. Kernel 5.17.1.arch1-1, SystemD 250.4-2

theriddick commented on 2022-01-14 09:02 (UTC) (edited on 2022-02-07 06:58 (UTC) by theriddick)

I can't seem to get expressvpn to work anymore. It just cycles from 0.0% and up to high 80s then eventually says unable to connect... Resolved itself after installing a new arch setup, not sure what went wrong with Garuda Linux install....

WorMzy commented on 2021-09-27 20:11 (UTC) (edited on 2021-09-27 20:11 (UTC) by WorMzy)

@jmonger: I don't use Firefox or Chrome, so I can't test this, but I believe you just need to run mkdir -p "${HOME}/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts"; cp "/usr/lib/expressvpn/firefox/com.expressvpn.helper.json" "${HOME}/.mozilla/native-messaging-hosts/com.expressvpn.helper.json" (I believe that expressvpn install-firefox-extension used to do this on your behalf, but these days it just seems to open a firefox addons page). You may also need to start the agent daemon expressvpn-agent --daemon.

phonemic commented on 2021-09-27 16:50 (UTC)

Any tips to get this package working with the Firefox extension? When I click on the extension the message displayed is "App Not Found."

Works great from the terminal, but I would like to use the extension as well.

tombh commented on 2021-09-12 18:27 (UTC)

I don't know if I've set my systemd-resolvd up differently, but the default DNS changes that expressvpn so boldly makes on my system don't work. What's more there's no way to change force_vpn_dns to false, either with the CLI or manually in /.config/expressvpn/config.

The only solution I could find for now is to manually add expressvpn's private network DNS IP address (look in /etc/resolv.conf when connected) to /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/dns_server.conf

WorMzy commented on 2021-09-08 22:18 (UTC)

.deb is historical, .pkg. files weren't provided at the time of this package's creation, and since we only use the contents of the archive the format from upstream is unimportant. Also upstream no longer provides 32-bit Arch archives.

As for the expressvpn.xyz domain, that's where the archives were provided by expressvpn up until the latest version, which I've only just made aware of (apparently the new version alerts are broken again on Linux, and nobody flagged OOD). Package update coming shortly. Package security comes from the PGP signature checking. So long as you check the signature matches the PGP key used by upstream (defined in validpgpkeys), you can validate that the archives are official.

oneironaut2209 commented on 2021-09-06 06:57 (UTC)

Why sources are from expressvpn.xyz instead of expressvpn.com. And sources are .deb pacakges instead of .pkg.tar.xz ?

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