date Mon Mar 2 09:10:20 PM CET 2026 # https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/20196094470929-Installing-NordVPN-on-Linux-distributions sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh) /usr/bin/apt-get [sudo] password for toby: Hit:1 http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary noble InRelease Hit:2 http://apt.pop-os.org/release noble InRelease Hit:3 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble InRelease Get:4 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security InRelease [126 kB] Get:5 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [126 kB] Get:6 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease [126 kB] Get:7 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64 Components [21.5 kB] Get:8 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/restricted amd64 Components [212 B] Get:9 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/universe amd64 Components [74.1 kB] Get:10 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [20.6 kB] Get:11 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/multiverse amd64 Components [208 B] Get:12 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Components [175 kB] Get:13 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Components [212 B] Get:14 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Components [386 kB] Get:15 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Components [940 B] Get:16 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports/main amd64 Components [7,312 B] Get:17 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports/restricted amd64 Components [216 B] Get:18 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports/universe amd64 Components [10.5 kB] Get:19 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports/multiverse amd64 Components [212 B] Fetched 1,075 kB in 2s (485 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libframe6 libgeis1 libgrail6 libqt5x11extras5 libqt5xml5t64 touchegg Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: apt-transport-https 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 3,970 B of archives. After this operation, 36.9 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 apt-transport-https all 2.8.3 [3,970 B] Fetched 3,970 B in 0s (23.9 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package apt-transport-https. (Reading database ... 256703 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../apt-transport-https_2.8.3_all.deb ... Unpacking apt-transport-https (2.8.3) ... Setting up apt-transport-https (2.8.3) ... /usr/bin/wget deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main Hit:1 http://apt.pop-os.org/proprietary noble InRelease Get:2 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease [5,092 B] Hit:3 http://apt.pop-os.org/release noble InRelease Get:4 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable/main amd64 Packages [1,498 B] Get:5 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable/main all Packages [325 B] Get:6 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable/main i386 Packages [999 B] Hit:7 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble InRelease Hit:8 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security InRelease Hit:9 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease Hit:10 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease Fetched 7,914 B in 1s (5,359 B/s) Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libframe6 libgeis1 libgrail6 libqt5x11extras5 libqt5xml5t64 touchegg Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: xsltproc The following NEW packages will be installed: nordvpn xsltproc 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 39.7 MB of archives. After this operation, 109 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://apt.pop-os.org/ubuntu noble-security/main amd64 xsltproc amd64 1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.3 [15.0 kB] Get:2 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable/main amd64 nordvpn amd64 4.4.0 [39.6 MB] Fetched 39.7 MB in 4s (9,221 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package xsltproc. (Reading database ... 256707 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../xsltproc_1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking xsltproc (1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.3) ... Selecting previously unselected package nordvpn. Preparing to unpack .../nordvpn_4.4.0_amd64.deb ... Adding user 'toby' to the group 'nordvpn' Unpacking nordvpn (4.4.0) ... Setting up xsltproc (1.1.39-0exp1ubuntu0.24.04.3) ... Setting up nordvpn (4.4.0) ... NordVPN for Linux successfully installed! To get started, please re-login or execute `su - $USER` in the current shell, type 'nordvpn login' and enter your NordVPN account details. Then type 'nordvpn connect' and you’re all set! NOTE: All users belonging to the 'nordvpn' group will be allowed to control the NordVPN application. By default the user 'toby' was added to the 'nordvpn' group during installation. To allow other users to control the application run 'usermod -aG nordvpn otheruser'. To limit access exclusively to the root user, remove all users from the 'nordvpn' group. If you need help using the app, use the command 'nordvpn --help'. Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1) ... ### nordvpn connect seattle Permission denied. Please grant necessary permissions before using the application by executing the following commands: sudo groupadd nordvpn sudo usermod -aG nordvpn $USER After doing so, reboot your device afterwards for this to take an effect. ### grep nord /etc/group nordvpn:x:985:toby sudo vi /etc/group sudo reboot