Rachel, That seems odd. I'm also running I.I. and when I search the repos I get several hits: including vpnc, network-manager-vpnc and so on. How did you check and what repositories do you have enabled?
apt-cache search network | grep -i vpn openvpn - virtual private network daemon ebox-openvpn - eBox - OpenVPN server module grml-vpn - program to establish encrypted communication channels in a network kvpnc - vpn clients frontend for KDE network-manager-openvpn - network management framework (OpenVPN plugin) network-manager-vpnc - network management framework (VPNC plugin) secvpn - Secure Virtual Private Network tunneldigger - Configures OpenVPN tunnel networks vpnc - Cisco-compatible VPN client My repos: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates main restricted deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates universe deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-updates multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security main restricted deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security universe deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu intrepid-security multiverse For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless, and then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match. --- Bill Bryson On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 10:39 -0700, Rachel Rosenzweig wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a brain dead moment and need to see where I'm going wrong... > > I just installed Intrepid Ibex on my work laptop. Since its a work > machine I need to install the Cisco VPN client. I have an older install > on some machines at home and didn't have any issues finding or > configuring the client. The problem is... I can't seem to find VPNC or > any VPN clients in any of my repositories. > > (I know... weird, basic question) > > Do any of you know of a repository that has it? > > Rachel > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug