Setup PureVPN App on Linux

1 Download PureVPN Linux Application from here.

2 From terminal, move to the directory where package is downloaded.

3 Install PureVPN package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i <package_name> (For Debian OS)

sudo rpm –ivh <package_name> (For Redhat OS)

1 At first, you must Login to your PureVPN account using the following command

purevpn  –login OR purevpn –li

2 Username and Password input will be prompted at your screen. If verified, a message indicating successful login will be displayed.

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “login” as a whole.

1  Get the fastest location for you and automatically connect to it. The command is as follows:

purevpn –connect OR purevpn -c

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “connect” as a whole.

1 Connect to a specific country. Country name must be specified after connect argument. The command is as follows:

purevpn –connect “Germany” OR purevpn -c “Germany”

2 Country codes are also specified in the country list and can be used to create VPN connection. For example:

purevpn –connect DE OR purevpn -c DE

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “connect” as a whole.

1 Check your VPN connection status. Command line argument –status is used to check connection status.

purevpn –status OR purevpn -s

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “status” as a whole.

1 Check your VPN connection details (IP Address, Country, City etc.). The command is as follows:

purevpn –info OR purevpn -i

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “info” as a whole.

1 Display list of available locations of PureVPN servers. List of countries and their respective country codes can be viewed using this option. The command is as follows:

purevpn –location OR purevpn -l

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “location” as a whole.

1 Command line argument –protocol is used to select between Openvpn TCP and Openvpn UDP type of connection. AUTO select option is also available which finds best available protocol for your system. The command is as follows:

purevpn –protocol auto OR purevpn -p auto
purevpn –protocol tcp OR purevpn -p tcp

2 To simply view the selected protocol, use the same command with no arguments.

purevpn –protocol

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “protocol” as a whole.

1 Activate Internet Kill Switch in case of losing internet connectivity and data leakage. The commands are as follows:

purevpn -k ON
purevpn -k OFF

1 Refresh PureVPN configurations, fetch system information and perform diagnostics on your VPN tunnel. The command is as follows:

purevpn –refresh OR purevpn -r

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “refresh” as a whole.

1 View your PureVPN account details (Account status, expiry etc.) using the following command:

purevpn –account purevpn -a

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “account” as a whole.

1 View your Linux Application version using the following command:

purevpn –version purevpn -v

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “version” as a whole.

purevpn –help purevpn -h

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “help” as a whole.

1 Disconnect VPN / stop VPN session. Command line argument –disconnect is used to disconnect from purevpn server

purevpn –disconnect OR purevpn -d

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “disconnect” as a whole.

1 To logout your PureVPN account use the following command:

purevpn –logout OR purevpn -lo

Note: Before logging-out, make sure that VPN is not connected. Also, please use double hyphen if you’re using “login” as a whole.

Customer feedback is extremely valuable to us. We take your “Suggestions and Ideas” earnestly to constantly improve our features and services. Share your experience of using Linux Application with us using the following command:

purevpn –feedback purevpn -f

Note: Please use double hyphen if you’re using “feedback” as a whole.