VPNs in official repository?

[notageek]

@Yochanan

@notageek

your pkgbuild is without mono?

No. I was just saying that I didn’t find the Eddie UI Mono GUI optimal. I’d rather use something native like Gtk or Qt. My PKGBUILD uses msbuild with .NET Framework 4.8 instead of xbuild with 4.5 as the latter is deprecated.

@notageek

how to install?

Build it manually like you would any other AUR package.

If you’d rather only checkout the eddie-ui folder than clone my entire pkgbuilds repo:

git clone -n --depth=1 --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/yochananmarqos/pkgbuilds
cd pkgbuilds
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone eddie-ui
git checkout

thanks

[Kobold]

@Yochanan

However the “stable” version is buggy and didn’t work well for me. He’s using my PKGBUILD which…

Hmm, intresting but what are the outcome from this buggy stable version?

I don’t see any errors in the Eddie Logs and can successfull connect to a server…
I also don’t see a IP leak or something when i check my connection, maybe i don’t have the right tools to see, what you see.

I have to say the version numbers between beta and stable are big differend (that worries me also, atleast a little) and i also wonder why i don’t see a update for stable for almost 1,5 years but i still think i got a flawless connection to the servers… maybe i got fooled

Are you maybe talking about the possibility for security flaws instead actually bugs?

@Yochanan
I copy+pasted my question in this Topic, since it fits better here instead in the Release Announcement.

[Yochanan]

I have been using the “beta” for so long I forgot what specific issues I had. I do recall having issues connecting to servers and issues with the UI not displaying things properly depending on the window size.

See comments in the eddie-ui PKGBUILD. The maintainer doesn’t really know how to package on Arch vs. Debian.

[notageek]

after install if I run pacman -Qdt

I get

pacman -Qdt
mono-msbuild 16.10.1.xamarinxplat.2021.05.26.14.00-4
patchelf 0.18.0-1

[cscs]

So those are orphan packages meaning nothing relies on them… and ? …

[notageek]

this pkgs installed with the pkgbuild of Yuchanan, so I wish to know if are safe to remove…

[Teo]

Orphans are save to remove. Dependencies that are not dependencies anymore. It is actually recommended to remove because after some years some of it might become demoted or deprecated and cause problems by update.

[Yochanan]

@notageek

I get

pacman -Qdt
mono-msbuild 16.10.1.xamarinxplat.2021.05.26.14.00-4
patchelf 0.18.0-1

Next time, use the -r flag with makepkg (i.e, makepkg -srif) to remove the build dependencies after.

[MrLavender]

I’m using the stable release (Last Updated: 2022-05-26 12:21) and it works perfectly for me. You can see the changelog between stable version 2.21.8 and experimental version 2.23.2 at https://eddie.website . There are no security issues that I’m aware of, just minor bugfixes and changes.

[Kobold]

Thanks to confirm this

[LuzTolin]

@greyfox

Hello. I am currently using AirVPN however I am considering changing providers. One of the reasons is that eddie-ui is on the AUR repo and I have read that I should stay away from AUR.

I have looked at ProtonVPN, which is also in AUR as well as Mullvad.

Are there any GUI VPNs in the official repository? I have seen OpenVPN in the Network Manager however the information required is something that I think I might not be able to obtain.

I am on Manjaro XFCE.

If you’re considering a new VPN on Manjaro XFCE and want something from the official repository, OpenVPN in the Network Manager is a solid option. If you find its setup a bit tricky, ProtonVPN and Mullvad are alternatives, though they’re in the AUR.