How to get NordVPN working and starting on boot?

I am new to linux and i tried getting nordvpn installed following the guide on their website but it doesn't work. I have no idea how i can install it and have it start on boot with kill switch on. Anyone know how to set this one up that can help?
Thank you so much

HikariKnight•8/29/24, 9:27 AM

if you attempted to do a search, this is the same for all VPNs
🛟bazzite-helppossible to install Nordvpn?

usually its just download the rpm and install using rpm-ostree install path_to_file.rpmrpm-ostree install path_to_file.rpm

BlademasterptOP•8/29/24, 10:15 AM

i must not have been searching right as i didnt find it, i will try this one as soon as i get back and i will let you know. Thank you so much:)

HikariKnight•8/29/24, 10:20 AM

np!

BlademasterptOP•8/29/24, 7:24 PM

ok so, nothing worked with the rpm file. i used pre installed openvpn and supplied the ovpn file with the credential, then had to restart NetworkManager. After that i went into the GUI on the wifi and set it to connect to vpn and it assumed the one i created using nmcli command but didnt connect. so i added the credentials again on the Gui and reset the NetworkManager and somehow this time it worked

Ripps•9/1/24, 4:46 AM

strangely enough, the rpm file didn't work for me at first, it seemed to just add repo and some system files. So the setup is rpm-ostree install nordvpn.rpm; reboot -> rpm-ostree install nordvpnrpm-ostree install nordvpn.rpm; reboot -> rpm-ostree install nordvpn

asen23•9/1/24, 5:05 AM

they provide rpm file? last time i checked they only provide install script and i had to extract the repo from there
🎮bazzite

Ripps•9/1/24, 6:50 AM

my.nordaccount.com/downloads/nordvpn/ scroll down to where it says Linux (Deb Package) (Download). Next to that is a 3 dot menu where you can select a the rpm package to download

asen23•9/1/24, 7:14 AM

ah so they locked it behind account, dont have my nord account anymore

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 7:33 PM

Hello!
just a quick question- I am logged in, however can not retreive any .rpm packages from nordvpn website.
Did send them a mail but as usual it takes forever for them to reply back to me.

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 7:34 PM

does the shell script installer work at all or is it a lost cause and pointless to try on this distro?
As I'm only getting very unhelpful error messages when trying to execute it in terminal.

DDuCoffee does the shell script installer work at all or is it a lost cause and pointless ...

Kyle Gospo•4/14/25, 10:49 PM

Such as?

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 11:01 PM

sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)
/usr/bin/yum
/usr/bin/dnf5
[sudo] password for bazzite:
error: can't create transaction lock on /usr/share/rpm/.rpm.lock (Read-only file system)
error: https://repo.nordvpn.com/gpg/nordvpn_public.asc: key 1 import failed.

sudo sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)
sh: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory
curl: (23) Failure writing output to destination, passed 1369 returned 1367

sh <(wget -qO - https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)
/usr/bin/yum
/usr/bin/dnf5
[sudo] password for bazzite:
error: can't create transaction lock on /usr/share/rpm/.rpm.lock (Read-only file system)
error: https://repo.nordvpn.com/gpg/nordvpn_public.asc: key 1 import failed.

sudo sh <(wget -qO - https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)
sh: /dev/fd/63: No such file or directory

Kyle Gospo•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh

Kyle Gospo•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

Your rpm link will be in this file

Kyle Gospo•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

Then you can layer it

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

Layer it?

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

Sorry, newbie with this

DuCoffee•4/14/25, 11:12 PM

I click the link and only see blank page

HikariKnight•4/15/25, 12:05 AM

the link probably downloaded the script file, just open it in a text editor and read it and find the url to get the rpm, then just layer it

layering is covered in our documentation
https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/rpm-ostree/

rpm-ostree - Bazzite Documentation

rpm-ostree is Fedora's enterprise tool for managing immutable operating system updates.

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 12:34 AM

It did indeed download install.sh file. Thank you for providing information. I sincerely appreciate it!

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 1:02 AM

Oh dear lord...
There are 6 different versions of those .rpm files
How do I know which one to use?
nordvpn-3.20.1-1.aarch64.rpm
nordvpn-release-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
nordvpn-3.20.1-1.armhfp.rpm
nordvpn-3.20.1-1.armv5l.rpm
nordvpn-3.20.1-1.i386.rpm
nordvpn-3.20.1-1.x86_64.rpm

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 1:03 AM

Found them by this link:
https://repo.nordvpn.com/yum/nordvpn/centos

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 1:04 AM

Documentation also mentions if I layer incorrectly I might break the system :/

Kyle Gospo•4/15/25, 3:25 AM

X86_64

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 8:29 AM

Finally successfully installed NordVPN.
The latest relase 3.20.1-1 is bugged it's nordvpn's issue not this beautiful distros fault.
For future references do kindly use the latest stable build instead which happens to be the nordvpn-3.18.5-1.x86_64.rpm
Source: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/unable-to-install-nordvpn-on-fedora-using-the-instructions-on-official-page/132707/47?page=2

Fedora Discussion

Unable to install nordvpn on Fedora using the instructions on offic...

I will answer the same. What other vpn works well on fedore silverblue? Any experience with Surfshark, for example?

DuCoffee•4/15/25, 9:00 AM

Thank you for your kind efforts, time and patience.
Appreciate it

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