InstallOpenVPN

  1. OpenVPN - SSL VPN Solution

OpenVPN - SSL VPN Solution

This requires root privileges (see HowDoiBecomeRoot)

1 . Get the libzlo1 package from and install it.

Looks like this lib is broken at the moment:

#!plain
# dpkg -c liblzo1_1.08-2_arm.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root         0 2005-10-24 15:53:43 ./

You can work around this by downloading and unpacking it:

#!plain
# dpkg -x liblzo1_1.08-3_arm.deb /var/lib/install/

After or before this, you install the package from dicp.net via the Application-Installer-Tool, so all dependencies are satisfied. I have yet to experience problems with the version-mismatch ;)

2006 /02/20: BooIiing has informed andreas of the broken package and asked for an update, too.

2 . Add /var/lib/install/usr/lib to ld.so.conf

#!plain
# echo /var/lib/install/usr/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf
# ldconfig

3 . Get the openvpn package from and install it.

4 . Configure the connection in /var/lib/install/etc/openvpn

5 . Start openvpn with the following command:

#!plain
# /var/lib/install/usr/sbin/openvpn <del>config /var/lib/install/etc/openvpn/your-config.ovpn </del>daemon

NB: I am currently working on a little taskbar tool, to start and stop openvpn connections and maybe configure them. Until then, working with openvpn is a bit messy.

If there should be any problems with the openvpn package, please tell me at andreas@bawue.net, as it's my first debian package. ;)