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checked to make sure I have all packets installed (Listed Here - https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-tool/)
But cant find this ( sysctl )in mageia 6 and not sure what this is dialog, as when i do a search in mageia control centre(All + All) many packets show up but none called just dialog
Downloaded - protonvpn-cli-master.zip and followed instructions to install from terminal, no joy,
Just could not get it to install

Any help gratefully taken
Thanks in advance

sysctl is not a package but a command and installed by default, and dialog is also not a package but a command, it's contained in the cdialog package.

Apart from that, what exactly happens when you do the installation, please post the actual output here.

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[root@localhost ~]# sudo wget -o protonvpn-cli.sh http://rawgithubusercontent.com/protonVPN/protonvpn-cl
[root@localhost ~]# sudo chmod +x protonvpn-cli.sh

works fine upto entering the next line

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[root@localhost ~]# sudo ./protonvpn-cli.sh --install

then I get this and cant get any further

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./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 1: --2018-05-05: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 2: Resolving: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 3: 72.52.4.119: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 3: :80...: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 3: Connecting: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 4: HTTP: command not found
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./protonvpn-cli.sh: line 5: `Length: 3703 (3.6K) [text/html]'

When I try to visit that uri, it comes up as very spammy. I am sure it is not the address you want.

When I try the entire URI, I get a notice that the domain is for sale for $999. When I strip the subdirectories and go to rawgithubusercontent.com directly, I get redirected to a site with loud colors and flashing advertisements. And I can only access the site at all using a browser that has all security disabled.

The messages you are getting are apparently because the tool is getting a webpage and not whatever package you expected to get.

The message is because the option to wget to specify an output file is a capital -O not a lowercase -o, like it is also shown on their webpage, seems you did not copy&paste the actual command.

@Jim:
And the actual link is https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Proto ... vpn-cli.sh which is just a regular link to their github repository for this file: https://github.com/ProtonVPN/protonvpn- ... vpn-cli.sh

contacted protonvpn tech help, havnt had a reply just going to sign up with another VPN service

Thanks for the help