[vpn-help] newbie help question: can't start client

[Stefan Bauer]

Am 17.03.2010 16:08, Richard Jones schrieb:
> Hi Stafan,
> 
>> Am 17.03.2010 14:29, Richard Jones schrieb:
>>   
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I'm a new user of shrew vpn on Linux (Ubuntu 9.10), and am having
>>> problems getting the software to actually run.  I downloaded and
>>> compiled the source, which seems to have worked (see below), but there
>>> doesn't seem to be an obvious way to start the client interface - am I
>>> totally missing the obvious?
>>>     
>> Please take the packages provided by your distribution.
>>
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/ike
>>
>> Just get rid of your manual installation and state a ... as root or
>> with sudo:
>>
>> # aptitude install iked ike-qtgui
>>   
> 
> Great, thanks for your help. 
> 
> There doesn't appear to be a link or information about this on the 
> shrewsoft website, which is a shame because doing it this way worked 
> perfectly, very quickly, first time!

You just lack the graphical frontend :) Some people prefer the
console way.

Stefan

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