RE: How do I get my VPN-daemon to run in the background? 05-05-2021, 01:55 AM
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(05-04-2021, 08:43 PM)Equinox Wrote:(05-04-2021, 08:24 PM)Drako Wrote:(05-04-2021, 07:28 PM)Equinox Wrote: For future reference, you shouldn’t clone from GitHub unless you have to. It makes package management hell, and there’s a reason package managers exist in the Linux userspace.
That aside though, install openvpn as well. This can also be found in the mullvad github, but a better practice would be to use your package manager to install openvpn. Once openvpn is installed, configure it for mullvad, then enable the service unit, and you’ll be good.
Blackarch doesn't have a package available for Mullvad, so it is totally necessary for the OP to use a git clone here.
It's very possible that there is a daemon for mullvad, but it's either only available to the Debian/Fedora installation, or you'll need to jump through some hoops to get a daemon working in the git clone install. It would also help to know what version you installed. Was it the WireGuard or OpenVPN version?
Neither, I’m doing all of this based on my experience in using Linux. And a generally good assumption to make for Arch users is that they have an AUR package manager installed, and there is an AUR package for mullvad. That’s why I brought up the bit about package management.
I would go with the openvpn option were it me though.
Oh yeah, I haven't used Arch in a while so the AUR went completely over my head. There should be a daemon there. And the questions were meant for the OP. But I should have put them in a seperate post.