On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 09:27:43AM +1100, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
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> >> 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.
> >
> > Hi ael,
> >
> > Can you try using OpenConnect? It's the open-source alternative to
> > AnyConnect. If the current packages are too old, you could also try
> > using those automatically built with the Open Build Service.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Marin
>
> I can agree with this suggestion. Previously used openconnect for many years to connect to a Cisco anyconnect vpn.
>
This used to be the recommended way to connect to the university vpn and
worked fine. Then it was withdrawn. No idea why.
ael
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Re: [DNG] Error: systemd required.
