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Nuwan Thisara
Asked: 2017-01-08 20:31:39 +0800 CST

OpenVPN not showing when trying to configure a new VPN [duplicate]

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I am on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I tried to configure a new OpenVPN connection, but when I try to add one only PPTP is shown like in this question. The answer for that question is not working.

How can I solve this problem?

16.04

2 Answers

  1. To get the VPN connection to show up in Network Manager, ensure that all these packages are installed:

    network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn-gnome
network-manager-pptp
network-manager-vpnc

    (From Ubuntu 16.04 OpenVPN) - this should be closed as a duplicate but can't be yet because of the bounty.

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  2. You need to install the OpenVPN package for NetworkManager to be aware of OpenVPN and connections using this.

    Fortunately, this is just a one-liner:

    sudo apt install network-manager-openvpn

    This will install NetworkManager awareness, and all required dependencies (if any) to set up and maintain connections. After install, however, you may need to reboot (or at least log out/back in) for the Network Manager to figure out it has new capabilities.

    Depending on your system, you may also need to install the network-manager-vpnc package.

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