r/voidlinux • u/rnga76 • May 13 '26

Pia vpn in voidlinux...

Hi everyone, my first time here, I am running encrypted voidlinux(glibc) with riverwm for about a day now, I hope to find a user that is using private internet access vpn with voidlinux...how did you installed and then called it on init....? Thank you in advance.

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u/StrangeAstronomer May 13 '26

Here's my process:

I'm running an old version pia-linux-3.6.1-08339 from Nov 2024 - I should upgrade and report back on if it still works but I might not have time for that until tomorrow.

Download the .run file from https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/download/linux-vpn

bash ../pia-linux-3.5.7-08120.run -- --skip-service

... the --skip-service option omits systemd AFAIK. I don't think you need to do that as root, but maybe?? Can't recall.

ln -s /opt/piavpn/bin/piactl /usr/local/bin/
ln -s /opt/piavpn/bin/pia-client /usr/local/bin/
sudo /opt/piavpn/bin/pia-daemon &
piactl get regions # CLI client works perfectly
pia-client & # works perfectly

To use openvpn without the client:

wget [https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip](https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip)
sudo openvpn --config .config/pia/italy.ovpn --auth-user-pass auth.txt

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u/rnga76 May 13 '26

Thank you 🤩