Install Instructions: 1 Command
Our VPN Install is 1 Command.
Note: You Pay In the App Itself
Keep Existing VPN?
You can keep your existing systemwide VPN on if you like.
Step 1: Get It
This command fetches the newest version, it will appear in the folder you run the command in:
curl -O -J https://api.simplifiedprivacy.is/api/v1/platforms/linux-x86_64/appimage-versions/latest/Simplified_Privacy-x86_64.AppImage
Verify
To verify it, run this command:
shasum -a 256 Simplified_Privacy-1.2.3-x86_64.AppImage
Should spit out this for version: 1.2.3:
9a265f57bae6a243c7a83ced3a7a44424901660c6b9b401af4510f85f9f3f1d5
Optional: Tinfoil Hat Paranoid:
If you wish verification of the verification hash, then you can see our posts on:
[Nostr] or [Bastyon]
Right-click on File
Right-click on the AppImage, go to the “Permissions” tab, and then allow it to run as executable, this box will look a little different for each Linux environment
AppImage
We made it an AppImage so it could run without sudo privileges and be directly distributed by us. However, it requires certain systemwide pre-requisites to function. We give you the 1 command to easily install these.
Sudo ?!
If you copy-paste a single command to your own terminal to install the pre-reqs, then this means you’re trusting your package manager, instead of trusting a new thing.
Browser-only Profiles:
No Sudo Required
System-wide VPN:
Requires Sudo to Connect, like any WireGuard VPN would. But no Sudo to Install/Setup
Pre-Reqs:
These pre-req packages (from your own package manager) are not going to screw up your system, and they won’t even be used if you stop using our VPN. Just because you install a low level prereq, doesn’t mean it ever activates. They take up barely any space, and have no real downside. If you decide to stop using our service, you can purge the pre-reqs using your package manager later.
Debian
This includes Debian 12, Ubuntu, Mint, PopOS, Zorin, and any other Debian based distro.
sudo apt install -y bubblewrap iproute2 microsocks proxychains4 ratpoison tor wireguard xserver-xephyr resolvconf
Fedora
sudo dnf -y install bubblewrap iproute-doc proxychains4 ratpoison tor wireguard xorg-x11-server-Xephyr resolvconf
Arch
This includes Vanilla Arch, Manjaro, Elementary, and any other Arch based distro.
sudo pacman -S wireguard-tools proxychains-ng bubblewrap iproute2 microsocks tor xorg-server-xephyr resolvconf
Pacman doesn’t have ratpoison, you could try yay:
sudo yay -S ratpoison
Or get ratpoison from the AUR:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/ratpoison.git
cd ratpoison
makepkg -si –skippgpcheck
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