https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AMullvad_VPN 2026-04-19T10:30:26Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.0 https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Mullvad_VPN&diff=29730&oldid=prev 2026-02-10T08:36:05Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Confusing section about services.mullvad-vpn.package = pkgs.mullvad-vpn;: </span> Reply</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 08:36, 10 February 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l24">Line 24:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I am still a nix/OS novice by any account, but from my understanding this does not make any sense, because this is for overwriting the gui package and not for “enabling” it as the text suggests or am I missunderstanding something? I wanted to double check before editing the relevant page. [[User:Daemonfire|Daemonfire]] ([[User talk:Daemonfire|talk]]) 08:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I am still a nix/OS novice by any account, but from my understanding this does not make any sense, because this is for overwriting the gui package and not for “enabling” it as the text suggests or am I missunderstanding something? I wanted to double check before editing the relevant page. [[User:Daemonfire|Daemonfire]] ([[User talk:Daemonfire|talk]]) 08:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:I understand the confusion. That's a packaging quirk with how we implement Mullvad in NixOS.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:The default value for that option is &lt;code&gt;pkgs.mullvad&lt;/code&gt;, which is just the CLI tools. &lt;code&gt;pkgs.mullvad-vpn&lt;/code&gt;, on the other hand, includes both the GUI and the CLI tools. By changing the value of the package option, you can choose to install the GUI or just the CLI tools.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:So, if this is a non-graphical system, such as a server, use &lt;code&gt;pkgs.mullvad&lt;/code&gt;. If this is a graphical machine, use &lt;code&gt;pkgs.mullvad-vpn&lt;/code&gt;.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:Hope this helps! [[User:SigmaSquadron|Fernando Rodrigues]] ([[User talk:SigmaSquadron|talk]]) 08:36, 10 February 2026 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key mediawiki:diff:1.41:old-29729:rev-29730:php=table --> </table>

SigmaSquadron https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Mullvad_VPN&diff=29729&oldid=prev 2026-02-10T08:13:33Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Confusing section about services.mullvad-vpn.package = pkgs.mullvad-vpn;: </span> new section</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Confusing section about services.mullvad-vpn.package = pkgs.mullvad-vpn; ==<br /> <br /> Hi there,<br /> <br /> while trying to get MullvadVPN to work (still does not), I stumbled upon the wiki page and the related forum post.<br /> <br /> What my only question / cause for confusion is: <br /> <br /> ```<br /> <br /> If you want to use the GUI application:<br /> <br /> ❄︎ configuration.nix<br /> <br /> { pkgs, ... }:<br /> <br /> {<br /> <br />   services.mullvad-vpn.package = pkgs.mullvad-vpn;<br /> <br /> }<br /> <br /> ```<br /> <br /> I am still a nix/OS novice by any account, but from my understanding this does not make any sense, because this is for overwriting the gui package and not for “enabling” it as the text suggests or am I missunderstanding something? I wanted to double check before editing the relevant page. [[User:Daemonfire|Daemonfire]] ([[User talk:Daemonfire|talk]]) 08:13, 10 February 2026 (UTC)</div>

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