Cisco VPN client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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I am trying to install Cisco VPN Client on Ubuntu, but I am facing problems. So How can I install it on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ?

I think http://askubuntu.com/ or http://superuser.com would have been better places to ask this question. — Morgan, May 20 '16 at 14:50
That's probably true but this is already indexed on Google and has the right answer, so let it ride — Caleb, Jun 05 '16 at 05:03

score 88 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 09 '16 at 21:21

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Run

sudo apt-get install network-manager-vpnc network-manager-vpnc-gnome

Then open network manager and add a new VPN, it should show Cisco Compatible VPN in your list now.

edited Sep 09 '16 at 21:21

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answered May 20 '16 at 14:48

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So glad I found this. Bookmarked! Works on 16.10. – marty331 Dec 06 '16 at 05:09
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to support the anyconnect protocol, also do: sudo apt-get install network-manager-openconnect-gnome – Vincent Gerris Apr 28 '17 at 09:34
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Is it still possible to import the configuration from pcf file? – yuranos Apr 29 '17 at 13:18

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '19 at 09:21

I was using the Cisco AnyConnect Client for Linux during the last months, which was in general working, but had a few major bugs. Most important: whenever you disconnected (also by just switching to another network), you would have to completely restart the computer to make the VPN work again.

I now switched to the open source client called OpenConnect, which is compatible with Cisco's AnyConnect SSL VPN but just works a lot more reliable. To install and enable the VPN, have a look at this: https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/lucasjb/oc.html

Edit: just saw that OpenConnect was already proposed in a comment. Leave this answer here as it provides some additional information and a step-by-step manual

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '20 at 05:17

OpenConnect offers an opensource command line alternative to Cisco's GUI:

echo "password" | sudo openconnect server --user=username --passwd-on-stdin

See here for more details/source I blatantly stole this answer from: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043024/how-to-run-openconnect-with-username-and-password-in-a-line-in-the-terminal

Install info here: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/11/connect-cisco-anyconnect-vpn-ubuntu/

First run command below to active the TUN module (I didn't need this in Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS):

sudo /sbin/modprobe tun

Install OpenConnect:

sudo apt-get install openconnect

Run command above or:

sudo openconnect SERVERADDR

Cisco VPN client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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