I'm relatively new to Linux \ Ubuntu so please excuse my ignorance. I've searched for this issue but can't find an answer which either applies to my scenario (or which I understand!).

I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04.01 desktop & tried to associate my existing NordVPN to it using OpenVPN.

Based on research I'd done I ran the following commands:

 sudo apt-get install openvpn sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome sudo apt-get install network-manager-vpnc sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp sudo service network-manager restart

These seemed to work but when I checked my VPN with WHATISMYIPPADDRESS.COM it displayed my full ISP IP details.

Having re-tried this several times I'd appreciate any help anyone can give.

Thanks!

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2 Answers

There are 2 ways to connect to NordVNP, depends if you have a free or a paid accout.

1. Using the command line interface: Download the application from here: Follow the instructions and you succeed within minutes.

2. Using OpenVPN: This needs the password and username of a paid account. Instructions:

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NordVPN have changed the way they like their users to access their service. Instead of using the Network Manager, or OVPN manual command line commands, they now supply an application which needs to be run on the command line. They have not, yet, supplied a GUI for this application.

This is the NordVPN page describing how to install the app: After downloading the file:

sudo apt-get install {/path/to/}nordvpn-release_1.0.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nordvpn

Here are the full instructions on the NordVPN website:

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