#1 2018-10-10 19:10:26

Peregrino69

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Registered: 2016-03-11

Posts: 99

VPN not available

Hi guys

Just installed Bunsen to yet another system. Want to use a VPN connection, so clicking on the Network icon, choosing "VPN Connections". I get "Choose a VPN Connection Type" window, but the drop-down list isn't there.

I tried adding network-manager-openvpn-gnome as per https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4782, but get "has no installation candidate".

apt search finds openvpn, but apt install gives:

Depends: libpkcs11-helper1 (>= 1.11) but it is not installable
Recommends: easy-rsa but it is not installable

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bunsen.list has bunsenlabs repo, and I added Debian stable repo to /etc/apt/sources.list. Still not happening.

Where to look next?

Peregrino69

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Registered: 2016-03-11

Posts: 99

Re: VPN not available

Nevermind.

Without changing anything, managed to install first OpenVPN, then network-manager-openvpn-gnome. Didn't even re-type commands, just scrolled back with arrow keys. And now I have OpenVPN available in the VPN drop-down list. Go figure.

Last edited by Peregrino69 (2018-10-10 20:07:05)

johnraff

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Registered: 2015-09-09

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Re: VPN not available

^Maybe you needed to do an 'apt-get update' on that new install for apt to see all the available packages. Was it a CD iso install? That ships (to save space) without the apt index that the update command brings in.

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