Problem in sudo apt update with Proton VPN

Proton's GPG key has long-since stopped working. The simplest way to resolve this is generally to remove ProtonVPN from your source list and re-install ProtonVPN using the steps on their site.

This is how you can remove the current ProtonVPN repositories:

  1. Open "Software & Updates": Find Software & Updates
  2. Click the "Other Software" tab: Other Software
  3. Find the items that refer to ProtonVPN and uncheck them
  4. Press "Close" and, when asked if you want to reload your sources, click on "Reload": Reload Sources

With that out of the way, you can now run your updates without error.

If you would like to continue using ProtonVPN, then you can install it like so:

  1. Uninstall the version currently on your computer using the instructions from ProtonVPN
  2. Download the current-release .deb package from the ProtonVPN website
  3. Using Nautilus (or another file browser), double-click the file to have it installed
  4. Open Terminal
  5. Update apt and install the application again:
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install protonvpn
    

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