Can't reinstall HMA

VPN
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when I try to install it it tells me to delete previous version.

I tried every guide possible, deleted all privax files, all HMA files, made sure no processes run in the background and deleted the VPN configuration, I also rebooted my computer 5 times each time.

I installed easyfind and deleted everything that could remotely be connected to hma and still it doesn’t let me install the damn app.

any idea what can I do? maybe bypass it through the terminal?

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Bonjour. Voici une solution qui marche nickel. J’ai essayé et ça fonctionne.

There are leftover files in the system. Please follow the steps below to erase the remaining files from the application:

- In the Finder, please click Go.
- Choose from the menu “Go / Go to folder …”
- In the input box, please note ~ / Library / and click Go
- Please find Application Support> HmaProVpn and move to trash

Then please do the same again:

- In the Finder, please click Go.
- Choose from the menu “Go / Go to folder …”
- In the input box, please note / Library / (this time without the special character “~”) and click Go
- Please find Application Support> HmaProVpn and move to trash

After that, please restart your computer and reinstall the HMA application.

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Here is how I did that:

  1. Download HMA file from https://www.hidemyass.com/en-eu/installation-files to Downloads folder - my file is named: ‘Install HMA VPN.pkg’

  2. Make sure HMA doesn’t launch on start

  3. Restart PC

  4. Delete HMA.app from Applications (if necessary)

  5. Delete folders:

rm -fr ~/Library/HmaProVpn

rm -fr /Library/Application Support/HmaProVpn

  1. Extract already downloaded installator ‘Install HMA VPN.pkg’:

pkgutil --expand ~/Downloads/Install\ HMA\ VPN.pkg ~/Desktop/HMA_Extracted

  1. Go to expanded folder, edit the “Distribution” file, in function about installation check - you need to change “return false” to “return true” and save the file

  2. Repack the folder:

pkgutil --flatten ~/Desktop/HMA_Extracted ~/Desktop/Install_HMA_VPN_Modified.pkg

  1. Run the packaged .pkg file and install (verify check should be gone)

  2. Go to Applications folder and launch HMA

!!! Please be careful when using “rm -fr” - make sure to quote the path to folders with spaces in the name, otherwise you may remove the parent folder and crash the system.

Note: I used zsh terminal that’s why I didn’t have to (but be careful)