Many months ago, I installed NordVPN in Silverblue 41 but it won’t install in a fresh install Silverblue 42.
Steps I used for Silverblue 41 that worked but do not in 42.
Package to install NordVPN GPG key and YUM repo
$ rpm-ostree install ~/Downloads/nordvpn-release-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
The above command did install the NordVPN - noarch and x86_64 YUM repos
Rerunning …
$ rpm-ostree install ~/Downloads/nordvpn-release-1.0.0-1.noarch.rpm
error: Package ‘257572e4f2a08e6d84ad09efd407ddf54e0d39f20a654d34ede2016f3e63a554:nordvpn-release-1.0.0-1.noarch’ is already layered
Fails to install app using terminal:
$ rpm-ostree install ~/Downloads/nordvpn-3.20.2-1.x86_64.rpm
$ error: Importing package ‘nordvpn’: Importing archive: ostree-tar: Failed to
handle directory: Invalid mode 2147500525; invalid bits in mode
Fails to install app using Software Install:
right-click on ~/Downloads/nordvpn-3.20.2-1.x86_64.rpm
Open with Software Install
There is no error after following instructions to reboot
$ sudo systemctl enable --now nordvpnd
$ Failed to enable unit: Unit nordvpnd.service does not exist
$ sudo usermod -aG nordvpn $USER
$ usermod: group ‘nordvpn’ does not exist
$ rpm-ostree install nordvpn
Checking out tree 32f6efc… done
Enabled rpm-md repositories: fedora-cisco-openh264 updates fedora nordvpn nordvpn-noarch copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm google-chrome rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver rpmfusion-nonfree-steam updates-archive
Importing rpm-md… done
rpm-md repo ‘fedora-cisco-openh264’ (cached); generated: 2024-08-21T16:04:02Z solvables: 3
rpm-md repo ‘updates’ (cached); generated: 2025-05-05T01:37:17Z solvables: 9607
rpm-md repo ‘fedora’ (cached); generated: 2025-04-11T05:17:07Z solvables: 76879
rpm-md repo ‘nordvpn’ (cached); generated: 2025-04-29T08:35:38Z solvables: 18
rpm-md repo ‘nordvpn-noarch’ (cached); generated: 2025-04-29T08:35:22Z solvables: 1
rpm-md repo ‘copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm’ (cached); generated: 2025-04-24T11:58:20Z solvables: 33
rpm-md repo ‘google-chrome’ (cached); generated: 2025-05-04T22:17:51Z solvables: 4
rpm-md repo ‘rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver’ (cached); generated: 2025-05-02T23:55:38Z solvables: 17
rpm-md repo ‘rpmfusion-nonfree-steam’ (cached); generated: 2025-04-18T08:19:16Z solvables: 1
rpm-md repo ‘updates-archive’ (cached); generated: 2025-05-05T02:03:18Z solvables: 9248
Resolving dependencies… done
Will download: 1 package (38.2 MB)
Downloading from ‘nordvpn’… done
error: Downloading from ‘nordvpn’: Cannot download Packages/n/nordvpn-3.20.2-1.x86_64.rpm: All mirrors were tried; Last error: Curl error (60): SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was not OK for https://repo.nordvpn.com/yum/nordvpn/centos/x86_64/Packages/n/nordvpn-3.20.2-1.x86_64.rpm [SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate]
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I’ve used NordVPN in Fedora Workstation for years and Silverblue 40 -41, but 42 won’t work. NordVPN Tech Support is worthless. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
Since there are already a number of topics here on the forum about NordVPN and Fedora Atomic Desktops, I could try making a system extension, but unfortunately I didn’t see a way to test it without first paying and then trying to claim NordVPN’s free 30-day money-back guarantee, which I’m reluctant to do. If anyone knows a legitimate way to test NordVPN without paying upfront, please provide it here or in the other discussions related to this topic.
I will try to install NordVPN in an derived container image, following the instructions from their site for a ordinary dnf installation, if available. Then, if the installation is successful, I will try to make a sysext so that someone with access to the NordVPN service can test if it works.
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I was able to install NordVPN in a container derived from Fedora Silverblue. Currently I need to add the nordvpn group and manually enable nordvpn.service after the switch/upgrade. I will try to do this during the container build and then, as I mentioned, I will try to make a system extension.
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