[vpn-help] OSX Mountain Lion

[Paul Theodoropoulos]

Qt is maintained here: http://qt-project.org/

Beware, I installed the 5.x branch and Shrew did not like it at all (I'm 
running OSX 10.8.4). I last upgraded in April to 4.7.1.  The new 4.8 
branch may work, I'd be curious if anyone gives it a whirl. Otherwise, 
go to the archives from the download page for earlier versions.

Tun/Tap driver is also required, http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/

I'd really like to see a formal info page and link to the OSX version on 
the Shrew site. I realize it's considered alpha quality, but I've been 
using it for several years without serious issue. As long as users are 
properly forewarned that it's unsupported as yet, I don't think it'll be 
a problem (easy for me to say).


On 7/9/2013 15:51, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
> With neither of the 2 packages noted below, Shrew crashes on 10.7 in the same
> way :-(
>
> On 9 Jul 2013 at 15:10, Harondel J. Sibble wrote:
>
>> I am little confused with the OSX requirements.
>>
>> I see this post for Matthew
>>
>> https://lists.shrew.net/pipermail/vpn-help/2013-April/014278.html
>>
>> which says QT is built in, however on a 10.6 machine installing the test
>> version noted, just crashes when run.
>>
>> Also this link doesn't seem to work
>>
>> http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-4.7.1.dmg
>>
>> nor does anything at http://get.qt.nokia.com
>>
>> Is the Tun/Tap driver required?  Installing it on the same 10.6 machine does
>> not stop Shrew from crashing. I'll try again on a 10.7 machine I have at
>> hand
>> shortly.
>>
>> On 28 May 2013 at 15:27, Damian ONeill wrote:
>>
>>> Hi can someone provide instructions for uninstalling Shrew on OSX.
>> Since
>>> installing this software (or its dependencies, QT or TunTap) my OSX
>> internal
>>> IPSec VPN software no longer works.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I followed the procedures below to install the software.
>>>
>>>
>>> There are two pre-requisites before running the native install package
>> ...
>>> 1) Install the LGPL Qt Framework for Mac OSX ...
>>>
>>> http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-mac-opensource-4.7.1.dmg
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) Install the current release of the TUN/TAP driver for Mac OSX ...
>>>
>>> http://tuntaposx.sourceforge.net/download.xhtml
>>>
>>>
>>> You can then proceed to install the Shrew Soft VPN client ...
>>> www.shrew.net/download/vpn/vpn-client-install.dmg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have since removed tun tap with the following instructions.
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to remove the software from my computer. How do I do that?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, Apple's installer packages do not provide a way to remove
>>> software. Therefore, you will need to delete the files manually. Just
>> remove
>>> the following directories (you need to do this with Administrator
>>> privileges):
>>>
>>> 	o /Library/Extensions/tap.kext
>>> 	o /Library/Extensions/tun.kext
>>> 	o /Library/StartupItems/tap
>>> 	o /Library/StartupItems/tun
>>> That's it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Damian.
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>>
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