Method # 1: Setup OpenVPN on Mint Linux via Network Manager
- Download iProVPN OpenVPN server configuration files from here
- Extract the config files folder and it will reveal two folders named TCP and UDP.
- Click on your network icon and open “Network settings“
- Click on the “+” sign and then select “VPN”. After that click on “Import from file”
- Navigate to where you extracted TCP/ UDP folder. Select a server’s .ovpn file from either TCP or UDP folder based on your preference. For example “Australia-TCP”
- Next, enter your iProVPN username and password. Then click on “Add”
- Turn on the VPN switch next to your VPN profile name.
- Now wait for the connection to establish
Method # 2: Setup OpenVPN on Mint Linux via Terminal
- Download iProVPN OpenVPN server configuration files from here
- Extract the folder to reveal two folders named TCP and UDP.
- Launch Terminal.
- Navigate to where you extracted the TCP/ UDP folder. For example, if you have the folder in the Downloads folder, then type (you can replace TCP with UDP based on preference):
- cd Downloads
- cd ipro_ovpn
- cd tcp
- Press Enter.
- Type ls to reveal the list of TCP/ UDP servers.
- Type sudo bash and press Enter.
- Type openvpn –config australia-tcp.ovpn (or any other server of your choice) and press Enter.
- Enter your iProVPN username and then password.
- Wait for the connection to establish.
