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How to setup OpenVPN on Arch Linux OS

Looking to work on your Arch Linux securely and anonymously? Well, you can do that by checking out this guide.

Updated over 2 years ago

Note: Dedicated IP addon can be only be connected with Ras protocol i.e PPTP/L2TP/SSTP/IKEV.

So you want to work on your Arch Linux securely and anonymously? Well, you can do that by checking out this guide and learning how to set up PureVPN on your Arch Linux OS via Openvpn.

Enter pacman -Syu in Terminal as root/ super user to update Arch Package Repository.

Make sure that you keep checking the latest updates sporadically. Now, follow these steps:

  • Download PureVPN Config Files for OpenVPN TCP and UDP from here.

  • Go to your Downloads folder and extract the downloaded config files’ folder. (Or you can extract it from Terminal using unzip command).

  • Now, you need to install OpenVPN. Open Terminal and enter this

sudo bash

pacman -S openvpn

Press Enter

Write y for confirmation and press Enter.

OpenVPN will be downloaded shortly

  • Now, you need to access the OpenVPN config files directory. Write these commands in the terminal.

cd Downloads

cd Fastestvpn_ovpn

cd TCP_Files (OR cd UDP_Files whichever protocol you want to connect to).

Press Enter

Note: Dedicated IP addon can be only be connected with Ras protocol i.e PPTP/L2TP/SSTP.

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