Express VPN not installing from MX Package Installer [Solved]

[xtac]

Hello. I am using MX Package Installer to install some apps, Everything so far worked except Express VPN. It gave me an error message which read that I must look at the console output. Here is a copy from the console. Can anyone please help me to install Express VPN? Thank you.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following additional packages will be installed:
fonts-font-awesome libbotan-2-19 libtspi1
Suggested packages:
webext-keepassxc-browser
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-font-awesome keepassxc-full libbotan-2-19 libtspi1
0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 33.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 63.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 fonts-font-awesome all 5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1 [517 kB]
Get:2 https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distribu ... ux/mx/repo bookworm/main amd64 keepassxc-full amd64 2.7.8+dfsg.1-0.1~mx23+1 [30.8 MB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libtspi1 amd64 0.3.15-0.3 [164 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 libbotan-2-19 amd64 2.19.3+dfsg-1 [1,646 kB]
Fetched 33.1 MB in 1min 15s (443 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package fonts-font-awesome.
(Reading database ... 301255 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../fonts-font-awesome_5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking fonts-font-awesome (5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libtspi1.
Preparing to unpack .../libtspi1_0.3.15-0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libtspi1 (0.3.15-0.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libbotan-2-19:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libbotan-2-19_2.19.3+dfsg-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libbotan-2-19:amd64 (2.19.3+dfsg-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package keepassxc-full.
Preparing to unpack .../keepassxc-full_2.7.8+dfsg.1-0.1~mx23+1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking keepassxc-full (2.7.8+dfsg.1-0.1~mx23+1) ...
Setting up libtspi1 (0.3.15-0.3) ...
Setting up fonts-font-awesome (5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1) ...
Setting up libbotan-2-19:amd64 (2.19.3+dfsg-1) ...
Setting up keepassxc-full (2.7.8+dfsg.1-0.1~mx23+1) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig (2.14.1-4) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u10) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (2.2-1) ...
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get ExpressVPN deb-package
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curl: Failed to extract a sensible file name from the URL to use for storage!
curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL
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get ExpressVPN signature .asc
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% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: .asc
Error downloading deb-package:
exit

[Eadwine Rose]

2According to the forum rules (please read): Please provide full Quick System Info from the menu, use copy for forum button, no edits.

LiveUSB version is OK if needed.


Also, you can post code on the forum like this:

[code]code output here[/code]

[xtac]

okay here is the system info:

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto April 13  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire E5-571 v: V1.09 serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Acer model: EA50_HB v: V1.09 serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.09
    date: 07/11/2014
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.6 Wh (67.7%) condition: 55.5/55.5 Wh (100.0%) volts: 11.2 min: 11.1
    model: SANYO 0032334134314C41 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging
  Device-1: hid-15:03:fe:00:01:a7-battery model: BT 5.1 keyboard-1503 serial: N/A charge: N/A
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-4005U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x45 (69) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x26
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1696 min/max: 800/1700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: ondemand
    cores: 1: 1696 2: 1696 3: 1696 4: 1696 bogomips: 13568
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: conditional; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm built: 2013 ports: active: HDMI-A-2 off: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a16 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-7:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b452
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 pos: primary model: Asus ML248 serial: <filter> built: 2011
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: BOE Display 0x0672 built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 101
    gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:0a0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 8 driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Foxconn
    driver: ath9k v: kernel modules: wl pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:0036 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:9 chip-ID: 0489:e078
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 5 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.1 sub-v: 1
    hci-v: 4.1 rev: 3101
  Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 183:5 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio,
    telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 12.29 GiB (2.7%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1 size: 447.13 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: R022 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 447.13 GiB size: 439.04 GiB (98.19%) used: 12.29 GiB (2.8%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2146 libs: 1067 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
    1: deb [arch=amd64 arm64] https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf main
Info:
  Processes: 231 Uptime: 3h 46m wakeups: 17694 Memory: 15.55 GiB used: 3.57 GiB (23.0%)
  Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0
  alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[j2mcgreg]

It looks like the Express VPN GPG key couldn't be accessed. Try running Fix GPG Keys in MX Tools and then try the install again.

[xtac]

Thanks, I tried that here's the results from both running the Fix GPG Keys from MX Tools as well as trying to install Express VPN again from MX Packgage Installer:



Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease [55.4 kB]
Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Hit:4 https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distribu ... ux/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Hit:5 https://repo.librewolf.net librewolf InRelease
Fetched 55.4 kB in 2s (26.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
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get ExpressVPN deb-package
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curl: Failed to extract a sensible file name from the URL to use for storage!
curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL
--------------------------------------
get ExpressVPN signature .asc
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% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0Error downloading deb-package:
exit
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: .asc

[j2mcgreg]

Could not resolve host: .asc

Their server must be down. Give it a couple of days and try again.

[fehlix]

Hello. I am using MX Package Installer to install some apps, Everything so far worked except Express VPN. It gave me an error message which read that I must look at the console output. Here is a copy from the console. Can anyone please help me to install Express VPN? Thank you.

It's a known issue, they seem to work on a newer version w/o providing a deb-package anymore. The latest deb is still available but not implemented within MXPI,
as it may be considered either remove the MXPI entry completely or potentially adjust with latest available deb-package.
But the issue, even their Download web page, is broken.
Here a way to get "latest" deb-package installed with some manual steps:

Install manually Expressvpn version 3.83.0.2-1_amd64.deb and make it work in SysVinit
HTH

[xtac]

Thank you all so much. I appreciate the effort and assistance provided. I'll check out the last link for installing it manually on another day :D.

What can I do to remove any files downloaded to my system for Express VPN from MXPI?

[fehlix]

What can I do to remove any files downloaded to my system for Express VPN from MXPI?

Probably nothing, because the temp directory used was "trap" cleaned up when closed on exit
as indicated by this code snippet:

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tidy_up() {
    rm -r /tmp/tmpdir-expressvpn-keyring.* 2>/dev/null
}
trap tidy_up EXIT

[xtac]

Thank you kindly! Tried but yeah, nothing happens in terminal. I guess there's nothing to remove.