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problems installing openvpn client

following the instructions on the official vpn page (instructions install openvpn client) in the second step:

# curl -fsSL https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openvpn-repo-pkg-keyring.gpg

I get the following error message:

sudo curl -fsSL https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub | gpg --dearmor > /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openvpn-repo-pkg-keyring.gpg
-bash: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/openvpn-repo-pkg-keyring.gpg: Permission denied
(23) Failed writing body
Solution

  • I had a similar issue recently. Use

    sudo wget https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub

    and

    sudo apt-key add openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub

    Reference - https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/openvpn-3-client-for-linux/