How to Setup PPTP for Raspberry Pi Desktop (Debian)

The following is required for setting a PPTP-VPN connection on Raspberry Pi.

• A working installation of Debian (This guide uses the official supported Raspberry Pi operating system based on Debian Buster, version February 2020)
• Own a premium PureVPN account (If you do not already own one, you can buy a subscription from here)
•  Go to the Menu bar and select/ open the Terminal from there.

•  Now you need to install PPTP packages. Type the following to install it:

1. 1. sudo bash
   2. sudo apt-get install pptp-linux

•  Now to create a PureVPN profile, run the following command:

1. sudo nano /etc/ppp/peers/purevpn

•  Enter the following information:

pty “pptp ukl1.pointtoserver.com –nolaunchpppd –debug”
name purevpn0sxxxxx #enter your purevpn username in place of purevpn0sxxx
password xxxxx #enter your purevpn account password in place of xxxxx
remotename PPTP
require-mppe-128
require-mschap-v2
refuse-eap
refuse-pap
refuse-chap
refuse-mschap
noauth
debug
persist
maxfail 0
defaultroute
replacedefaultroute
usepeerdns

Save and exit the editor.

•  In order to connect to the VPN, run the command:

1. 1. sudo pon purevpn

•  You are connected to PureVPN now, to check your current IP and location run the command:

sudo curl ipinfo.io

•  In order to disconnect to the VPN, run the command:

1. 1. sudo pkill pppd