Arch Linux User Repository

"Please, do not flag this package as out-of-date until there's the official release on Github page."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

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

I can't connect no matter what. Logging out then in again does not work, uninstalling then reinstalling does not work, the daemon is running and I get the same "Failed to connect to Server #XX" message for OpenVPN and it connects but it's impossible to connect to anything with NordLynx.

Is there a way to specify using only a P2P server in a specific country? The man page says you can use "nordvpn connect P2P", but is there a way to say, "connect US/P2P"? There is no mention of the connect P2P option on the wiki either.

Yo, co-maintainer here.

I've removed the archs arm, armv6h and aarch64, as they seem to have disappeared from upstream.

commit d513c68db6674bf3bc5f3c8ad0268bec6a15d274
Author: A. Craig West <acraigwest@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 21 12:04:08 2020 -0400

    Bump to version 3.7.0-3

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 3e3af7c..4c72a9d 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 pkgbase = nordvpn-bin
    pkgdesc = NordVPN CLI tool for Linux
-   pkgver = 3.7.0_2
+   pkgver = 3.7.0_3
    pkgrel = 1
    url = https://nordvpn.com/download/linux/
    install = nordvpn-bin.install
    arch = x86_64
    arch = i686
-   arch = arm
-   arch = armv6h
    arch = armv7h
-   arch = aarch64
    license = custom
    depends = net-tools
    depends = libxslt
@@ -20,18 +17,12 @@ pkgbase = nordvpn-bin
    optdepends = wireguard-arch: nordlynx support
    provides = nordvpn
    conflicts = openvpn-nordvpn
-   source_x86_64 = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_amd64.deb
-   sha256sums_x86_64 = 75f9b8fbddd7c52a0e6bc1c1062c97cec8a8b4a6ced940ef4031d8a159fd0d48
-   source_i686 = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_i386.deb
-   sha256sums_i686 = 9b0716640add9471351fb15b130f14eae490d591104607ac3da83f3d4c5b5fc8
-   source_arm = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_armel.deb
-   sha256sums_arm = 5667e2e64b16c64231e62e3be1a58c182fda8fe5687fb81ca05b3ed0ff24ac46
-   source_armv6h = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_armel.deb
-   sha256sums_armv6h = 5667e2e64b16c64231e62e3be1a58c182fda8fe5687fb81ca05b3ed0ff24ac46
-   source_armv7h = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_armhf.deb
-   sha256sums_armv7h = 74b679d490c7b3487043ef12b9cd01bf327cec13d2b82c8bc789bc676263c16e
-   source_aarch64 = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-2_arm64.deb
-   sha256sums_aarch64 = 1f5add8af79aaef4efe7ff4823e24cba6c3c28263260f6bd5d55b63b73e36336
+   source_x86_64 = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-3_amd64.deb
+   sha256sums_x86_64 = 0ae46a8e33fe806c8c8e5670d9ee2606b1fd74ad6e092120f6c472f8d3797850
+   source_i686 = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-3_i386.deb
+   sha256sums_i686 = a46c148248457a975d0e1d1d61606b17bd18345505ff4a9e21fea213b6e19997
+   source_armv7h = https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_3.7.0-3_armhf.deb
+   sha256sums_armv7h = 8faa5a0c9b495728205b643b74ec695e1653eaeec709e40955f87bf5cc259a7b

 pkgname = nordvpn-bin

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 4eb83c2..a7588bd 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 # Maintainer: Martoko <mbastholm at gmail dot com>

 pkgname=nordvpn-bin
-pkgver=3.7.0_2
+pkgver=3.7.0_3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="NordVPN CLI tool for Linux"
-arch=('x86_64' 'i686' 'arm' 'armv6h' 'armv7h' 'aarch64')
+arch=('x86_64' 'i686' 'armv7h')
 url="https://nordvpn.com/download/linux/"
 license=('custom')
 depends=('net-tools' 'libxslt' 'iptables' 'procps' 'iproute2')
@@ -16,16 +16,10 @@ conflicts=('openvpn-nordvpn')
 install=nordvpn-bin.install
 source_x86_64=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_amd64.deb")
 source_i686=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_i386.deb")
-source_arm=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_armel.deb")
-source_armv6h=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_armel.deb")
 source_armv7h=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_armhf.deb")
-source_aarch64=("https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian/pool/main/nordvpn_${pkgver//_/-}_arm64.deb")
-sha256sums_x86_64=('75f9b8fbddd7c52a0e6bc1c1062c97cec8a8b4a6ced940ef4031d8a159fd0d48')
-sha256sums_i686=('9b0716640add9471351fb15b130f14eae490d591104607ac3da83f3d4c5b5fc8')
-sha256sums_arm=('5667e2e64b16c64231e62e3be1a58c182fda8fe5687fb81ca05b3ed0ff24ac46')
-sha256sums_armv6h=('5667e2e64b16c64231e62e3be1a58c182fda8fe5687fb81ca05b3ed0ff24ac46')
-sha256sums_armv7h=('74b679d490c7b3487043ef12b9cd01bf327cec13d2b82c8bc789bc676263c16e')
-sha256sums_aarch64=('1f5add8af79aaef4efe7ff4823e24cba6c3c28263260f6bd5d55b63b73e36336')
+sha256sums_x86_64=('0ae46a8e33fe806c8c8e5670d9ee2606b1fd74ad6e092120f6c472f8d3797850')
+sha256sums_i686=('a46c148248457a975d0e1d1d61606b17bd18345505ff4a9e21fea213b6e19997')
+sha256sums_armv7h=('8faa5a0c9b495728205b643b74ec695e1653eaeec709e40955f87bf5cc259a7b')

 package() {
     bsdtar -O -xf *.deb data.tar.xz | bsdtar -C "${pkgdir}" -xJf -

Suddenly stopped working when using OpenVPN backend and now only works with NordLynx.

Please update this package to 3.7.0-3

Was getting the "Whoops! We couldn't connect you' error, even after logout/login.

A reboot is necessary to load the new kernel and modules after the running kernel has been updated using pacman. After reboot, Nordvpn-bin works again.

I am still getting the "Whoops! We couldn't connect you..." error when using both OpenVPN and NordLynx. I have tried logging out and restarting the service. I have the optional wireguard packages installed. I also get "A new version of NordVPN is available! Please update the application." Whenever using any command.

@andryandrew thanks for the solution.

Confirmed logging out/logging in fixes the connection issue after updating to 3.7.0. Previously, if this was necessary the app would notify you to do so, which didn't happen this time.