Update to PIA VPN

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fehlix
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Re: Update to PIA VPN

#31 Post by fehlix »

TerryL wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 5:22 pm I got this working (with I assume the latest version).
Have you tried latest PIAVPN installer from MX Package installer -> popular apps should work in normal sysVinit.
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Re: Update to PIA VPN

#32 Post by handy »

I only noticed yesterday in a post by richb, where he mentioned as an aside that the dev's had made the PIA-VPN client work on MX without systemd. :D

So I PM'd him & asked if all I had to do was delete the old version & install the new package.

He said yes, & to use the mx-packageinstaller "Popular Applications" tab / Network / PIAVPN

Which I did, with not problems. :number1:

The terminal command that you need to use to delete what needs to be deleted (from a not running PIA-VPN client install) follows:

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rm -rf ~/.pia_manager/
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Re: Update to PIA VPN

#33 Post by TerryL »

I hadn't see that, just tried and it works.

Now, what happens when their next update comes along... we'll wait and see

Thanks for the heads up

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Re: Update to PIA VPN

#34 Post by TerryL »

Oh, and I deleted the .pia whatever directory via the file manager, not "old school" but far less likely that old fumble fingers here will screw up an "rm -rf" command and end up crying like a... whatever cries
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Re: Update to PIA VPN

#35 Post by TerryL »

Well, there's my answer. Just update from PIA 1.2 to 1.2.1 with no bother

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