So i was trying to install PrivateInternetAccess on my computer and I found some instructions on their website, they had a download for a file but I couldn't figure out how to open the .sh file.
So i went to google and found these instructions. It said to perform the following commands:
sudo apt-get install curl network-manager-openvpn-gnome
wget
sudo bash pia-nm.shAfter doing these it installed the VPN but not how I wanted or thought it would. I wanted the application installed and this just put all the VPN connections in my network settings under VPN.
Anyway I figured out how to install the application like I wanted, and now I'm trying to undo where I installed OpenVPN and the other commands. I want to remove the VPN connections from my network settings.
I did the following:
sudo apt-get remove curl network-manager-openvpn-gnomeThis seemed to remove the software. But it is still installed apparently. I did this to check if it was removed:
dpkg --list openvpn
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-====================-===============-===============-=============================================
pi openvpn 2.4.4-2ubuntu1. amd64 virtual private network daemon(also, the pi next to open VPN was ii earlier, now its showing as pi. Dont know if thats important)
but it shows up anyway. So i noticed when i first installed Ubuntu that it had a VPN section in my network settings from the beginning. Is OpenVPN just part of the system? I tried to remove it again with
sudo dpkg -r openvpn
sudo dpkg --purge openvpnBoth of these failed saying there were dependency problems. I mean its not the end of the world if I cant remove it, but I'd like to know how to. Also can someone help me with understanding how to remove the VPN connections?
I dont know how to undo what I did and google isnt helping me very much with this. I know I could go through each connection inside my network settings and click the gear and then click remove, but i want to know how to undo it from terminal.
2 Answers
I don't know why you used dpkg to remove OpenVPN, in that case try again but with apt this time.
First, fix any dependencies problem that you might occur, by adding --fix parameter on apt.
sudo apt -f installFinally, remove openvpn with all their dependencies.
sudo apt purge openvpnPlease report back any error, if any.
5• To delete your OpenVPN profiles via shell,
ll /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
You'll see all your saved connections. Use command sudo rm -vf connection_name to delete the OpenVPN profiles you want, you can use regular expressions like sudo rm -vf US* to remove all the profiles that start with "US".
• pi from dpkg --list openvpn says the state of the openvpn package, p = the desired state (marked for action) of openvpn which is purged (that you did), i = the current state of the package which is installed (meaning it's not removed yet). ii meant i = desired state installed, i = current state installed.
• Depending on how you installed openvpn there are many possibilities, it's possible that PIA is interfering with the package or PIA is a opnvpn client and depends on it. Try to fix broken packages with sudo apt --fix-broken install, completely remove PIA, then remove openvpn. Anyway if it doesn't work, try this command sudo dpkg --purge --force-all openvpn. If all fails, then you might have to search & manually delete all binary files of openvpn.
• You might also want to consider reinstalling curl, it comes pre-instaled with Ubuntu and an important download utility, sudo apt install curl
