Double trouble :) Install failed

[rahendri]

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i see that the install script can download github. When running the command manualy i find a double problem. Git does not like to run as root, but /etc/.pivpn cannot be created without being root.

$ sudo git clone https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn.git /etc/.pivpn
Please run git without sudo, your regular user account is enough :)

$ git clone https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn.git /etc/.pivpn
fatal: could not create work tree dir '/etc/.pivpn'.: Permission denied

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Console output of curl -L install.pivpn.io | bash

curl -L https://install.pivpn.io | bash
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   178  100   178    0     0    197      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   197
100 51064  100 51064    0     0  46741      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 46741
:::
::: You are root.
::: Verifying free disk space...
:::
::: Checking apt-get for upgraded packages.... done!
:::
::: Your system is up to date! Continuing with PiVPN installation...
::: Static IP already configured.
::: Using User: pi
:::
::: Checking for existing base files...
:::    Checking /etc/.pivpn is a repo...:::    Cloning https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn.git into /etc/.pivpn... done!
:::
::: Stopping OpenVPN service... done.
:::
::: Installing scripts to /opt/pivpn...cp: cannot stat ‘/etc/.pivpn/scripts/makeOVPN.sh’: No such file or directory
::: Install Complete...
::: Restarting services...
Synchronizing state for openvpn.service with sysvinit using update-rc.d...
Executing /usr/sbin/update-rc.d openvpn defaults
Executing /usr/sbin/update-rc.d openvpn enable
::: done.
:::
::: Installation Complete!
::: Now run 'pivpn add' to create an ovpn profile for each of your devices.
::: Run 'pivpn help' to see what else you can do!
::: It is strongly recommended you reboot after installation.
:::
::: The install log is located at: /etc/pivpn/install.log

Console Output of sudo iptables -t nat -S

-P PREROUTING ACCEPT
-P INPUT ACCEPT
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT
-P POSTROUTING ACCEPT

output of sudo netstat -uanp | grep openvpn

Have you taken any steps towards solving your issue?

 which? 

Yes, download gitrepo into /home/pi/.pivpn (im using a Pi, "Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)") , then copy the contents into /etc/.pivpn/ and run the script again as root. That did the trick for me.

[4s3ti]

Non pivpn related issue.
Closing issue.

$ sudo git clone https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn.git /etc/.pivpn
Please run git without sudo, your regular user account is enough :)

Git is not to be run as root.

$ git clone https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn.git /etc/.pivpn
fatal: could not create work tree dir '/etc/.pivpn'.: Permission denied

your user doesn't have permission to write at /etc/ hence permission denied.

the proper way is stated here: https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn#installation

If you want to do it the clone way, simply git clone to your home directory, and run the script.