Protonvpn broken after latest updates possibly python 3.13

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Since the latest update Protonvpn has stop working. I suspect python3.13, see the error message below.

"protonvpn
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/metadata/init.py”, line 407, in from_name
return next(iter(cls.discover(name=name)))
StopIteration

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/protonvpn”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘protonvpn-gui==1.12.0’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘protonvpn’)())
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/bin/protonvpn”, line 22, in importlib_load_entry_point
for entry_point in distribution(dist_name).entry_points
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/metadata/init.py”, line 960, in distribution
return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.13/importlib/metadata/init.py”, line 409, in from_name
raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for protonvpn-gui"

2

I don’t use protonvpn but oftentimes AUR software will need to be rebuilt when there are Manjaro updates to packages that the AUR package depends on.

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3

Try the Flatpak client.

4

Thanks very much, that worked perfectly. It looks like a newer client also and loads quickly.

5

Proton VPN is in the repo

sudo pacman -Syu proton-vpn-gtk-app

– How to use Proton VPN on Linux | Proton VPN

Other ways to use Proton VPN on Linux

Where possible, we strongly recommend using our official Linux app. However, there are certain situations where you may wish to use a third party app instead. this includes if you need to access our service using the command-line.

You can configure OpenVPN or WireGuard manually on Linux using either NetworkManager or the command line. This may be useful on devices not supported by our Proton VPN Linux app, but if we retire a server, you may need to download new configuration files.

We currently don’t support installation of our official app through Flatpak or the Arch official extra repositories, although community contributors have published unofficial versions that you can use at your own risk. These may work, but they are not developed by us and we can’t provide support for them.

6

As a side note, following the guide on proton’s website and downloading 2-3 server profiles you can also use protonvpn without their client - just with rightclick on the wifi icon of network manager.

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