Having problems getting openvpn set up with my Parrot HTB VM on VMware

I have the Parrot OS HTB Edition installed on VMware, and I am having problems getting it set up… I did sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade, and sudo apt autoremove… then I opened Firefox, logged into my account and downloaded the VPN key in my Downloads folder…
I have the virtual machine set to Bridged/Automatic in the VM settings on VMware… and I can reach the internet on the VM…

I then went to Terminal and entered the following:

ls ( to show the files )
cd Downloads ( to change directory to Downloads )
ls ( again to show what was in my Downloads folder )
sudo openvpn academy-regular.ovpn
(then i entered my password)

and it gets stuck and never finishes… any ideas…

nevermind, it works… i figured it out…

How did you get it to work?