Sudo pip3 install protonvpn-linux-gui-calexandru2018 -upgrade Manual Installation Sudo pip3 install protonvpn-linux-gui-calexandru2018 To update to a new version Installing ProtonVPN Linux GUI Distribution based Install dbus-x11 package for your distribution, more information can be found on this stackoverflow post. If you are unable to use the systray/appindicator and have a simillar error then a solution is provided below.

This might throw an error that is simillar to this one: (:) LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: Unable to get session bus: Failed to execute child process 'dbus-launch' (No such file or directory) if a user does not have a specific package installed. There is a known issue when user attempts to start the systray/appindicator. Gnome users will to install and additional extension for this to work: KStatusNotifierItem/AppIndicator Support Tray Known issues: dbus-launch

Type in terminal xhost si:localuser:root.

The way the GUI works at the moment is that it accesses much of the content that the CLI protects with sudo, thus starting with sudo lowers the UX friction, though this is subject to change. While this works well on X11, there are certain restrictions on Wayland since it does not allow GUIs to be launched as root. Sudo zypper install python3-gobject python3-gobject-Gdk typelib-1_0-Gtk-3_0 libgtk-3-0 Sudo apt install -y python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0

setuptools for python3 (python3-setuptools).

Installing and Updating Dependencies Python dependencies This way, you will be able to use the latest version of the CLI, while also being able to use the GUI.

All local configurations are managed by the GUI (such as updating protocol, split tunneling, manage killswitch) while the connections are managed by the CLI.

Protonvpn-linux-gui works on top of protonvpn-cli-ng, making it a dependency. An unofficial Linux GUI for ProtonVPN, written in Python.

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