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Please note that, as of version 4.0, ExpressVPN have switched to a new "universal installer" which replaces their previous distro-specific packages (.deb/.rpm/.pkg) and bypasses package managers entirely (mostly dumping stuff to /opt). I have rewritten the PKGBUILD to repackage what this new installer does so it can still be tracked by pacman, but there's no telling how well this will work going forward (particularly since this new version supposedly has a self-updater built in.)

The new ExpressVPN version is still in beta, so I've not pushed an update to this package yet, if you're interested in testing it out, it's available at https://codeberg.org/WorMzy/aur-packages/src/branch/main/expressvpn

Note: you may need to flush your iptables rules after upgrading in order to restore internet access, use iptables -F to do so.

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.

Please don't flag the package out of date unless there is a newer version available.

Post the full output you get, what you posted is nonsense. Also post the output of systemctl status expressvpn.service and expressvpn diagnostics. Please use ``` blocks to make it readable.

Not working , eternal Connecting to Netherlands - Amsterdam.. change region or smar failed, error diagnostics no

@WorMzy awesome, the command "cp /usr/lib/expressvpn/chrome/com.expressvpn.helper.json ~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts" did work. Now the chrome extension correctly detects the expressvpn service.

Ah, I didn't realise that you need an app as well. I suspect you are just missing the helper json file from your chrome profile. Copy /usr/lib/expressvpn/chrome/com.expressvpn.helper.json to .config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/.

Let me know if this works for you, and I'll add a post-install message to let people know that they need to do this if they want the browser app to work.

@WorMzy thanks for your reply and for maintaining this AUR package. Sorry for the lack of information on my previous comment. To give more context there is an expressvpn browser extension for every (modern) browser that they (expressvpn official docs) recommend to use together with the expressvpn service, for instance, on Chrome this is the extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/expressvpn-for-chrome/fgddmllnllkalaagkghckoinaemmogpe . Although this package is working fine, I could not make this integration work. The browser extension is supposed to detect that expressvn service is running in the background and allow you to control some settings from your browser. What is happening for me is that the service is working in the background (systemctl start/enable expressvpn) but the browser extension keeps asking me to install the desktop expressvpn app.

Since everything still works great (despite the browser extension integration) I'm immensely grateful for this AUR package and I'm up-voting it.

I don't use chrome, but I just tried the browser helper in chromium-gtk2, and I don't even get an icon. I dunno if this is a bug or not, but you might want to report it to the expressvpn support team. It may be that the extension needs updating for the latest versions of chrom{e,ium}.

I noticed that the browser (Chrome) addon does not recognize that this service is running in the background.

Thanks WorMzy, you've done the upgrade very quickly well done. To answer your question ... yes, I can only agree with what you've said about non-alerts (this seems to be part and parcel of the Linux versions only for the Windows app does in fact provide an alert to any new version). For me, in a dual boot scenario, I see the upgrade alert first in Windows and then (as you seem to do) have to visit the EVPN website to get to the download link.

If it's a simple version bump, then I'll (hopefully) have it updated in a few hours.

Out of interest, how are you alerted to the newer version? The client used to alert me when I connected to a server, but it hasn't done that in a while. Expressvpn themselves don't seem to advertise the client version publicly on their website (you need to log in to get to the download link), and they don't post about the Linux client updates on their blog. If there's a easy way to get alerted to new versions that I'm missing, please let me know!

Latest version of the EVPN software is 1.4.5. When you are able WorMzy, can you update it?