New to Arch, need help

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I’ve used Debian based distros for years, and am comfortable in that environment, but find myself lost in Arch. Could I get a dummy’s guide to installing torguard? I need the package and think that I can apply that learning to whatever else I need.

-OBG

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yay -Ss torguard
aur/torguard 4.8.28-1 (+17 0.00) 
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yay -S --noconfirm aur/torguard

But it’s got a bug at the moment so you need to wait for someone to fix it or re-write some code yourself;

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Install aur helper, like yay or paru.

Then simpy run yay - S torguard.

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Since the torguard AUR package is broken, you can generate a torguard wireguard configuration file and use it with NetworkManager (see NetworkManager - ArchWiki )

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yay torguard

1123×130 6.92 KB

Add AUR keyword to Firefox or Krunner or something to search torguard:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/torguard

Look for issues there.

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Based on the assumption that the package is broken \ outdated as others mention, I searched a bit on the arch forums and found this, perhaps its helpful.

But if the client doesn’t work, I would just perhaps take a look at openvpn.

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Check this page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta

Also check this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository

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  • This is r/EndeavourOS so yay is already installed.
  • aur/torguard is currently broken.
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Thanks. The support in this sub is outstanding.

10

Wow, thanks for taking the time to help a old man out.

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Thank you. I’m so green I didn’t know to check if it was broken.