How to Setup VPN connection in Ubuntu using OpenVPN protocol?
Step 1:
Open Terminal, Applications-> Terminal
Step 2:
Install (network-manager-openvpn) by using the following command in the terminal:
“sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome”
Press Enter. (Enter password if needed)
Step 3:
You will be prompted: “Do you want to continue? Y/N” Type “Y” and hit Enter
- If you are getting file lock error, please follow these steps: sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock
- You may also need to delete the lock file in the cache directory sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
- After that, restart and continue from step 2.
Step 4:
Now download LimeVPN OpenVPN Settings here and extract it.
Step 5:
Click on Network Connections on the top right corner, and click on Edit Connections.
Step 6:
Click on Add and select Import a saved VPN configuration…
Your dialogue box will appear: Navigate to the extracted folder from step 4 and select one file (with extension “.ovpn“) from the list. Click Open.
Step 7:
Under username type your VPN username, and under password the VPN Password and click Save. (Rest all the information will be automatically imported)
Step 8:
Click on Network Connections on the top right corner to bring up the connection menu. Expand VPN Connections and select the configured VPN.
You are now connected to VPN.
