KVpnc - KDE frontend for various vpn clients
Here you'll find precompiled debian packages of KVpnc for Asus Eee PC with Asus Xandros Linux.
Built and tested on the Eee 701 / 4G.
Description
KVpnc - is a KDE frontend for various vpn clients. It supports Cisco-VPN (vpnc, vpnclient (proprietary client from cisco)),
IPSec (FreeS/WAN , Openswan, strongSwan, racoon), PPTP (pptpclient), OpenVPN, L2TP (FreeS/WAN, Openswan, strongSwan, racoon), Vtun
including smart card support (OpenVPN, strongSwan).
Changes / news / updates
- 22. December 2008
- Version 0.9.1 uploaded. It contain various bugfixes and new features.
For details please look at changelog!
- 19. September 2008
- RC2 of 0.9.1 uploaded. It contain various bugfixes and new features.
For details please look at temporary changelog!
- 02. June 2008
- RC1 of 0.9.1 uploaded. It contain various bugfixes and new features.
For details please look at temporary changelog!
More general information + downloads for other distributions
Project homepage:
http://home.gna.org/kvpnc/en/index.html
Project downloads:
http://download.gna.org/kvpnc/
Remarks for Eee debian packages / installation
Packages have been built against
kdelibs4 version 3.4.2.98-3 and
libqt3-mt version 3.3.7-4
(Eee PC 701). Normal debian etch/Xandros systems use different package names (other packages depend on)
kdelibs4c2a
and
libqt3c102-mt!
Some dialogs and GUI windows are too large for the Eee 701's display resolution of
800 x 480 px. You can move them with Alt + left mouse/touchpad button pressed. So there should not be much
of a problem.
I would recommend to look into the KDE Control Center under "Erscheinungsbild" >>
"Fonts" and use a font size of 8. The KDE Control Center can be started in Easy Mode from a console (to open
a console window press Ctrl + Alt + T) with the command
kcontrol.
It it absolutely unnecessary to install the so-called "Advanced Mode" for this! kcontrol is already
present on your Eee.
All depending packages should already be installed on standard Eee Asus Xandros Linux (701/4G). This concerns
the following packages:
kdelibs4,
libc6,
libgcc1,
libgcrypt11,
libice6,
libpng12-0,
libqt3-mt,
libsm6,
libstdc++6,
libx11-6,
libxext6,
zlib1g,
menu,
net-tools,
psmisc,
kdebase-bin,
module-init-tools.
Installation of kvpnc is by downloading the
kvpnc....deb (with
wget or with your browser, just as you like)
und then by using e.g.
sudo dpkg -i kvnpc...deb or from the filemanager of the Eee (in Easy Mode unter tab
"Work" > "Fiel Manager") by clicking with the right mouse/touchpad button, choosing >> "Install DEB file".
You will also have to install all necessary packages for the VPN client you wish to use, e.g.
iptables,
openssl,
openvpn,
racoon,
vpnc,
pptp-linux,
openswan,
l2tpd.
Some of these packages may be pre-installed on the Eee 701 (4G) or can be directly installed from Asus repositories.
Unfortunately not all packages are available from Asus repos, so you'll have to use other repositories
for this, e.g. Xandros Server 2 oder Debian.
Packages pre-installed or to be used from (as of 06. October 2008):
| Repo |
iptables |
openssl |
openvpn |
racoon |
vpnc |
pptp-linux |
openswan |
l2tpd |
| vorinstalliert Eee 701? |
ja |
ja |
nein |
nein |
nein |
ja |
nein |
nein |
| [1] update.eeepc.asus.com |
1.3.6.0debian1-5 |
0.9.8c-4etch3
und 0.9.8c-4 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7.0-2 |
- |
- |
[2] xnv4.xandros.com/xs2.0/upkg-srv2
Xandros Server 2 Debian etch based |
0.9.8c-4 |
2.0.9-4 |
0.6.6-3.1 |
0.3.3+SVN20051028-3 |
1:2.4.6+dfsg.2-1.1 |
0.70-pre20031121-2.2 |
| [3] Debian repositories for etch |
0.9.8c-4etch3 |
2.0.9-4etch1 |
0.6.6-3.1etch1 |
[1]
deb http://update.eeepc.asus.com/p701 p701 main
[2]
deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/xs2.0/upkg-srv2 etch main contrib non-free
[3]
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib
Caution: I strongly recommend to add repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list in
the order of [2] OR [3] (meaning to prefer Xandros Srv2 repo, [1] / Asus repos are already part of
the sources.list file)!
If not needed, you should comment out all repositories (besides Asus repos) by adding a #
char at the start of the line OR to set up pinning accordingly.
Otherwise you may be in danger of installing unsuitable packages from Xandros Srv2 or Debian or
other repositories when doing things like an "apt-get upgrade" - you can read of these stories
in forums :(
Although Asus Xandros Linux is based on Xandros and Xandros based on Debian etch, Asus Xandros Linux
is neither of both. The overwhelming part of packages are the same and can be installed on the
Eee PC without expericencing any problems. The exceptions proves the rule!
Icons for Easy Mode
Icons for the Easy Mode can be found in the folder
easy-mode-icons.
They should be placed on the Eee in the directory
/opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/.
An entry for kvpnc can be added by directly editing
simpleui.rc xml (but note:
the file in
/opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/ will be overwritten by Asus with updates in more
or less regular intervals. You can use a user-specific copy, that won't!) or with the help of
programs like
altools (Launcher Tools) or Emeditor.
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