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pkgdesc="Official ProtonVPN metapackage that installs protonvpn-gui and protonvpn-cli, maintained by the ProtonVPN team."
depends=("protonvpn-cli" "protonvpn-gui")
Looks like you are going to have to build them. And then install them. Or get it and install it.
There are no installation instructions in that chapter - it literally just says "Install the metapackage protonvpn[AUR]".
In cases like this, you need to search the arch wiki on how to install AUR packages, and how dependencies on the AUR work. Tip: there is a page named "AUR" on the arch wiki. It says: " If the package depends on other AUR packages, you will need to manually install them first."
It really is as simple as that.
All in all you need to understand that the AUR is not Archlinux' package management.
It's all explained on Arch wiki.
Just did the same thing, had no issues whatsoever.
Code:
yay -Rcsn protonvpn
yay -S protonvpn
Worked perfectly fine.
That's because you're using an AUR helper with dependency resolving.
There's nothing wrong with that, but ArchLinux recommends to do it manually with makepkg - at least at first, to understand what the AUR is and how it works, which is what OP is doing.
Again: the AUR is not ArchLinux package management. Neither is yay.
While the AUR is growing, it is imperial to understand how it ties in with pacman.
That's because you're using an AUR helper with dependency resolving.
There's nothing wrong with that, but ArchLinux recommends to do it manually with makepkg - at least at first, to understand what the AUR is and how it works, which is what OP is doing.
Again: the AUR is not ArchLinux package management. Neither is yay.
While the AUR is growing, it is imperial to understand how it ties in with pacman.
That's not the point, point is that if it worked, it means there's no issues with any of the packages. OP just needs to uninstall all the old packages that have issues, and install the new packages in the correct order.
Your OP does not state that you already installed protonvpn-gui.
Yes.
There are no installation instructions in that chapter - it literally just says "Install the metapackage protonvpn[AUR]".
In cases like this, you need to search the arch wiki on how to install AUR packages, and how dependencies on the AUR work. Tip: there is a page named "AUR" on the arch wiki. It says: " If the package depends on other AUR packages, you will need to manually install them first."
It really is as simple as that.
All in all you need to understand that the AUR is not Archlinux' package management.
It's all explained on Arch wiki.
Okay, I don't think they're installed because:
Code:
[austin@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -R protonvpn
[sudo] password for austin:
error: target not found: protonvpn
[austin@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -R $protonvpn
error: no targets specified (use -h for help)
[austin@archlinux ~]$ sudo pacman -R protonvpn-gui
error: target not found: protonvpn-gui
[austin@archlinux ~]$
So, I'll try installing them in order, and see if that works.
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