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- **Created on**: 2025-08-21 22:23:14

Install the Necessary Packages

To set up OpenVPN, first ensure you have the core package
installed. If needed, use your package manager:

pacman -S openvpn --needed

To prevent DNS leakage, an additional package is required. You
can find more detailed information on this topic in the
Arch Linux Wiki.

Configuration for systemd < 229
For older versions of systemd, you'll need the
openvpn-update-resolv-conf package. Install it using yaourt:

$ yay -S openvpn-update-resolv-conf-git --needed

Modifying ProtonVPN Config Files
You might need to adjust your ProtonVPN configuration files.
Change the script-security section from this:

script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

to include the PATH environment variable and a down-pre script:
setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-confdown-pre

Alternative: Append to OpenVPN Command
Alternatively, if you prefer not to modify the client configuration
files directly, you can append these options to your openvpn command:

--setenv PATH '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' \
--up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf \
--/etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf \
--down-pre

> Configuration for systemd >= 229

For newer systemd versions, install
openvpn-update-systemd-resolved with yaourt:

$ yay -S openvpn-update-systemd-resolved --needed

Modifying ProtonVPN Config Files
Similar to the older systemd versions, you will need to
modify your ProtonVPN config files. Change the script-security
lines from:

script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

to this updated version, which specifies the PATH and uses
update-systemd-resolved:

setenv PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
script-security 2
up /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved
down /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolveddown-pre

Alternative: Append to OpenVPN Command
As an alternative to editing the client configuration, you can add
these options directly to your openvpn command:

--setenv PATH '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' \
--up /etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved \
--/etc/openvpn/update-systemd-resolved \
--down-pre

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