Make an official package for arch linux instead of the AUR package
Why is there not an official arch linux package at this point? I think it would be awesome to just enter "sudo pacman -S protonvpn" in order to install it.
It's not like arch linux is an lesser known operating system.
XxTriviumxX
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EldrinSMP
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Arch is a major distribution with many others based on it. There's no reason it shouldn't be supported officially, either through direct distribution from Proton or providing an official PKGBUILD for it to be built by users. The current AUR client is unreliable at best.
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Efertone
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I would be happy if they can simply provide a PKGBUILD file for each of the application available on Linux. Back when Bridge Beta came out, I liked the idea of getting the PKGBUILD file from a trusted source (their website), build it and done. Sadly newer services get less love, like Mail rpm and deb only.
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XxTriviumxX
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how does one convince a trusted user to maintain protonvpn? LOL
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Bink
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Whilst this would be nice, it isn't really up to Proton.
To go from AUR to Community requires an Arch "Trusted User" to take ownership of the package.
To go from Community to Extra, requires Arch developers (who are separate from Trusted Users) to take ownership of the package.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Community_repository#Historical_background