Mullvad has Deb and RPM repositories now! (mullvad.net)
from Pantherina@feddit.de to linux@lemmy.ml on 24 Nov 2023 19:35
https://feddit.de/post/6007746

You can easily add them by following the instructions on their site.

On immutable fedora it can be done via

curl -o - https://repository.mullvad.net/rpm/stable/mullvad.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mullvad.repo

rpm-ostree uninstall mullvad-vpn --install mullvad-vpn

# after reboot, if not working
sudo systemctl start mullvad-daemon

#linux

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MrCamel999@programming.dev on 24 Nov 2023 20:51 next collapse

Yay!

sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de on 24 Nov 2023 22:03 collapse

Paru!

roi@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 24 Nov 2023 22:07 collapse

Yaourt!

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 2023 03:43 collapse

Yum!

reallyzen@lemmy.ml on 25 Nov 2023 07:43 collapse

zypper!

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 16:28 collapse

Dnf on Opensuse !

bizdelnick@lemmy.ml on 24 Nov 2023 20:59 next collapse

wget https://repository.mullvad.net/rpm/stable/mullvad.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mullvad.repo

This command won’t work.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 24 Nov 2023 21:15 next collapse

Better? I was not sure did it with cd and forgot the parameters for wget XD isnt it -O /path/to/destination/ ?

BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 24 Nov 2023 22:44 collapse

I think you can just replace wget with curl.
Alternatively -O - I think.
You can’t use the path directly because of permissions. And you shouldn’t run wget with root permissions.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 01:39 collapse

Yes thats why I did that and seperated it from the wget as I also think thats not the best idea

Okay fixed it. Damn thats weird, I think I just used sudo wget X -O /path/ but not a good idea I guess.

qaz@lemmy.world on 24 Nov 2023 21:51 collapse

Why won’t it work?

Kazumara@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 00:44 collapse

Because wget doesn’t use standard output for the downloaded file by default, instead it creates a file with the name in the url in the workingdir. If you want it to use standard output you need -O -

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 24 Nov 2023 21:33 next collapse

Where snap?

4am@lemm.ee on 25 Nov 2023 00:17 next collapse

In the trash where it belongs

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 16:31 collapse

A snap could actually be possible. I am happy they dont focus on that, but Ubuntu can even run cups as a snap, their Ubuntu Core is pretty cool. It sucks that their store is proprietary, but you could write your own installer, fetching .snap packages from any repo and installing them locally

ouch@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 01:08 next collapse

Good job, Mullvad!

Now add port forwarding back.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 01:37 next collapse

Yes that is so sad. No torrenting anymore just leeching. Sucks. But understandable, how do other VPS providers handle that?

HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 2023 04:27 next collapse

Idk for the how but airvpn does for comparable prices. This coming from a fellow multi-tb Linux iso torrenter. Also I assume you mean VPN unless mullvad does VPS stuff I don’t know of.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 12:36 collapse

VPS and VPN. Everyone hosting stuff that makes Police known on their doors

Kalcifer@lemm.ee on 25 Nov 2023 05:38 next collapse

Does your network not support UPnP? You shouldn’t normally need to port forward in order to seed a torrent, unless your network prevents NAT traversal.

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 12:34 collapse

Uhm, I dont know? Does that work over Mullvad? I thought then it only works if the other person has an open port

interceder270@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 08:36 collapse

how do other VPS providers handle that?

They have users that quit if they remove the feature.

cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 08:21 collapse

This. I switched over to protonvpn, but I’d switch back in a heartbeat if Mullvad re-enables port forwarding.

wyzim@lemmy.ml on 25 Nov 2023 05:24 next collapse

I’m assuming VPNs are not really suited to be run as flatpak apps because of system permissions? And it probably won’t work from inside Distrobox/Toolbox container either.

Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social on 25 Nov 2023 06:14 collapse

It is possible, but without access to elevated permissions I gather it would be basically useless for anything other than per app redirection.

dauerstaender@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 06:02 next collapse

Still waiting for cross distro support with flatpak

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 07:27 next collapse

Is Flatpak, from a technical standpoint, capable of running VPN applications?

Providing .ovpn configuration files would be equally cross-distro, and in fact, would be cross-platform since almost every operating system supports importing OpenVPN configurations or supports a piece of software that does.

dauerstaender@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 07:34 next collapse

I can’t tell you how, because I don’t know the technical details either, but why shouldn’t it be? If given the right permissions it can access the same interfaces as any process.

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 07:44 collapse

I ask because to my knowledge, Flatpak applications don’t get access to the system interfaces that are needed to control VPN connections. There isn’t a portal for it to the best of my knowledge and the way that VPN connections are handled differ between distros.

hottari@lemmy.ml on 25 Nov 2023 07:48 collapse

It appears to be possible flathub.org/apps/com.protonvpn.www

interceder270@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 08:35 next collapse

Lol, I was just thinking ‘nice to see people still using native package managers.’

Is Mullvad not available for your distro?

Pantherina@feddit.de on 25 Nov 2023 08:40 next collapse

It is a bit hard to do, because they have systemd services, early boot blocking and all that. Not possible with Flatpak so they dont waste Time.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 25 Nov 2023 15:50 collapse

Learn how flatpak is a security anti-pattern.

RustyNova@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 16:08 collapse

Care to expand on that?

RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works on 25 Nov 2023 17:27 collapse

L e a r n h o w f l a t p a k i s a s e c u r i t y a n t i - p a t t e r n .

/s

RustyNova@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 2023 19:00 collapse

Instructions uncleared, flatpak expended my dong

library_napper@monyet.cc on 24 Dec 2023 01:41 collapse

Nice. I accidentally discovered that mullvads wireguard app somehow magically bypasses some captive portals. Yay free internet!