Tailscale on KDE Linux

Warning

This is an UNOFFICIAL Tailscale installation script. Part of the script is written by AI, but reviewed by a human. Proceed with caution

This script is derived from the original guide.

Installing Tailscale

1. Clone this repo to your system:
   1. git clone https://github.com/xuars/kdelinux-tailscale.git ~/kdelinux-tailscale
   2. cd ~/kdelinux-tailscale
2. Run chmod +x ./*.sh && sudo ./install.sh to install Tailscale
3. Run source /etc/profile.d/tailscale.sh to put the binaries in your path
4. Run tailscale up --qr to have Tailscale generate a login QR code.

Updating Tailscale

Tailscale should be able to update itself now! Try running sudo tailscale update, and if that works, sudo tailscale set --auto-update.

How it works

The Tailscale binaries tailscale and tailscaled are installed in /opt/tailscale/. The Tailscale systemd unit file is installed at /etc/systemd/system/tailscale.service. The override file to reconfigure the services Exec commands is installed at /etc/systemd/system/tailscaled.service.d/override.conf. The defaults file for the variables PORT and FLAGS is installed at /etc/default/tailscaled

The service is then started and enabled via systemctl.