Mullad VPN on aarch64 from AUR

[attisimon]

Hello!

Just for info, for anyone interested to use Mullvad VPN app on aarch64.

I've managed to build and install mullvad-vpn from AUR on a Raspberry Pi 4, running Manjaro RPI4.
I guess it should work on a pure Arch Linux ARM install too.

I have edited the PKGBUILD and changed the architecture to 'aarch64'.
The build fails to package the .deb file, when it gets to execute: 'npm run pack:linux'

However, only the .deb file is not created, everything else is done.
So I have executed all the other commands from the PKGBUILD manually, including the tests and install commands and everything's okay, the app works well.
I've had to update some paths, 'dist/linux-unpacked' becomes 'dist/linux-arm64-unpacked'.
I have used the official .deb file from the mullvad website to grab the .desktop file and the icons.

I know this is not an ideal way to build and install this app, but I am happy to be able to use mullvad-vpn on ARM64 and wanted to share the info, perhaps it will help others.

AUR link: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mullvad-vpn/

Please note, I am not affiliated with Manjaro, nor with Mullvad and I am not the package maintainer on AUR either, just a simple linux user currently playing with a Raspberry Pi 4.

Cheers!