Can´t connect to vpn after update

[Nachlese]

@heliozimt

Checked which one is installed, it’s that one: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-sstp

probably a moot point because you likely did use the AUR (the package manager interface to it)

but just to make sure:

how did you install it? … from that page/address that you gave …?

[heliozimt]

Nope, I just installed it using pacman, so yeah, I probably used the AUR. Bur when I check the information of the installed package, it gives me the adress above:

$ sudo pacman -Qii network-manager-sstp
Name            : network-manager-sstp
Version         : 1.3.0-1
Description     : SSTP support for NetworkManager
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/network-manager-sstp
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : gtk3  libnma  libsecret  sstp-client
Optional Deps   : ppp [installed]
Required By     : None
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 689,00 KiB
Packager        : Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : So 22 Mai 2022 17:54:19 CEST
Install Date    : Mo 04 Jul 2022 23:02:48 CEST
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature
Backup Files    :
(none)

[Nachlese]

@heliozimt

Nope, I just installed it using pacman, so yeah, I probably used the AUR

pacman does not (can not) install anything from the AUR
The package

@heliozimt

network-manager-sstp

is in the regular repositories - not from AUR

This one , however:

AUR (en) - Packages

network-manager-sstp-gtk4

is from AUR
but is not what you have installed

[heliozimt]

Wait, isn´t pacman the Arch package manager? I assumed that it uses the AUR and pamac uses the manjaro repositories. Did I mix things up there?

Regarding the VPN-Issue:

I contacted a friend of mine who also uses Linux (RedHats Fedora not Manjaro, but still).
He ran into a similar issue (could´t connect via VPN anymore) and got around it using not SSTP but PPTP. It seems that the encryption somehow isn´t supported anymore?
I just tried using PPTP and it works without issues so far.

[Nachlese]

@heliozimt

Wait, isn´t pacman the Arch package manager?

it is

@heliozimt

I assumed that it uses the AUR and pamac uses the manjaro repositories. Did I mix things up there?

Your assumption was incorrect.

pamac (not pacman) can act as an AUR helper (build/install packages from AUR)

You can still use pacman on Manjaro - but for AUR support you need to use something else
like pamac or yay or … or even makepkg …

@heliozimt

and got around it using not SSTP but PPTP. It seems that the encryption somehow isn´t supported anymore?

it may seem that way - make sure it is not another incorrect assumption

I can’t tell you either way - I just don’t know.

[heliozimt]

@Nachlese

Your assumption was incorrect.

pamac (not pacman) can act as an AUR helper (build/install packages from AUR)

You can still use pacman on Manjaro - but for AUR support you need to use something else
like pamac or yay or … or even makepkg …

It seems that I have to refresh and correct my knowledge about pamac/pacman. Thank you for pointing that out!

@Nachlese

@heliozimt

and got around it using not SSTP but PPTP. It seems that the encryption somehow isn´t supported anymore?

it may seem that way - make sure it is not another incorrect assumption

I can’t tell you either way - I just don’t know.

I will contact the uni about this and continue to try and understand what went wrong in the first place. Nonetheless I have a way to use my VPN now, so I will mark this as solution, even if it might be temporary.
If there are new developments regarding this issue, I will update.

Thank you for your help @Nachlese!