Set Up CyberGhost VPN CLI App on Linux

This article will show you how you can set up the CyberGhost CLI app on Linux.

CyberGhost VPN is compatible with the following Linux operating systems:

Debian-based

Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 PopOS

RPM-based

Fedora 29 | 30 | 31 CentOS 7

Note: Before getting started, for a better user experience, please make sure that your CyberGhost account password does not contain any of the following special symbols: "$" "⁎" "%" "[ ]"

Follow these steps to set up CyberGhost VPN on your Linux device. For this tutorial, we'll be using Ubuntu 20.04.3, but the same steps apply to all supported distributions.

Log in to your online account.
Click Download Hub.
Choose Configure next to CyberGhost VPN for Linux.
Select your Linux distribution under Server Distribution.
Click Download App. This will automatically download the Linux CLI configuration file (zipped).
Click Extract Here to unzip the contents of the compressed folder to your computer.
For the purpose of this tutorial, we will rename the extracted folder to "cyberghost".
Open a Terminal window in the cyberghost folder by right-clicking on the folder's name and selecting Open in Terminal.
Type in "sudo bash install.sh" (no quotes) > press Enter and confirm your sudo access by writing the sudo password.
Note: Make sure you choose "Y" (yes) if asked to install any additional packages, like Python 3 and OpenVPN.
Enter your CyberGhost username and password to confirm the installation.
Once you see the Install completed... message, you're ready to start using the CyberGhost VPN app.