On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 16:40:17 +0000
ael <adrian.lawrence@???> wrote:
> My university offers a vpn service using the Cisco Secure Client
> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/anyconnect-secure-mobility-client/series.html
>
> I installed it recently and could not get it to work on devuan testing.
> The installation script silently failed.
>
> I have only just dicovered an installation log file:
>
> # tail
> cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.12.146-core-vpn-webdeploy-k9-16442805112025.log
> Installing /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/vpndownloader-cli Installing
> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/libacdownloader.so Installing
> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/acinstallhelper Installing
> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/OpenSource.html Installing
> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/AnyConnectProfile.xsd Installing
> /tmp/vpn.b3C17n/vpn/AnyConnectLocalPolicy.xsd Error: systemd required.
> <================= rm -rf /tmp/vpn.b3C17n
> Done!
> Exiting now.
>
> So that seems to be the problem. The university "IT services" was dumbed
> down some years ago, and now seems to be mainly an MS slave, although
> they do offer some linux support. I doubt that I will find anyone who
> will even understands the significance of requiring systemd.
>
> I am horrified at the prospect of having to give up devuan. Does anyone
> here have any insight here. or even better some sort of workaround?
>
> ael
>
>
Hello,
The most obvious answer, if you can't get support through your uni "IT
services", is to try and mod the installation system.
Alternatively, you could try and hack something to get a sort of
work-around. You could start with something like this:
sudo echo "true" > /bin/systemd
Then continue with the installation.
Sincerely,
David
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Re: [DNG] Error: systemd required.
