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# System prepended metadata

title: awsvpnclient installation v1.0.2-1 - arch distribution
tags: [awsvpnclient, linux, arch, install, aws]

---

###### tags: `linux` `aws` `awsvpnclient` `arch` `install`

# awsvpnclient installation v1.0.2-1 - arch distribution

0.1. unistall awsvpnclient
```shell=
yay -Rc awsvpnclient
```
`R` => Remove
`c` - cascade
`d` - no remove dependencies

0.2. always delete the folder created on .config file
```shell=
rm -rf ~/.config/AWSVPNClient/
```
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## Now install awsvpnclient with yay or pacman

Install from yay

```shell=
yay -S awsvpnclient 
```
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## Now install awsvpnclient compiling
### compiling the package

1. create a folder where to download the code from git
```shell=
mkdir awsvpnclient
cd awsvpnclient
```

2. download the code
```shell=
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/awsvpnclient.git
cd awsvpnclient
```

3. now go back to this commit `f8455bf`
```shell=
git checkout f8455bf
```
note: now detached the HEAD to this commit
![](https://i.imgur.com/T4Ol6Uj.png)

4. time to compile this version of awsvpnclient with `makepkg`
```shell=
makepkg
```
This generate a package for arch distribution and this is how looks like`awsvpnclient-1.0.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz`

5. now install the package
```shell=
sudo pacman -U awsvpnclient-1.0.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
```
`U` => ...

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## Enabling and starting the service
```shell=
sudo systemctl enable awsvpnclient.service
sudo systemctl start awsvpnclient.service
```

Try open the program
windows + d => awsvpnclient

OR

enter to opt and execute the file
```shell=
cd /opt/awsvpnclient/
./AWS\ VPN\ Client # execute a binary file
```

### If having problems to opening run this command
```shell=
chmod 000 ~/.config/AWSVPNClient/awsvpnclientmetrics.db
```
and try to open again the program...


## more problems like ...

![](https://i.imgur.com/Icy9d95.png)


```shell=
$ sudo systemctl --now enable systemd-resolved.service
```
![](https://i.imgur.com/5uWbWDr.png)


## 2025

![image](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/SyOpU73Ukl.png)

- checkout to a2e7ebf , not working this version 3.15.0

- checkout to 6ffd232, 