Install latest/stable of simple-openvpn-client
Ubuntu 16.04 or later?
Make sure snap support is enabled in your Desktop store.
Install using the command line
sudo snap install simple-openvpn-client
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How to use it
Place your OVPN certificate in the "/var/snap/simple-openvpn-client/common/" folder named "client.ovpn" then restart the app. The device will be connected at boot the command is:
sudo cp yourfile.ovpn /var/snap/simple-openvpn-client/common/client.ovpn
The app needs to have the right interfaces
The command to connect an interface is:
sudo snap connect <snap>:<plug interface>
So basically:
sudo snap connect simple-openvpn-client:network-control
sudo snap connect simple-openvpn-client:firewall-control
The apps starts at boot and connects the VPN server automatically.
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