vpn connection

[Matt Birkholz]

> From: Dennis McClellan <pademc1 at cox.net>
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 12:53:34 -0800
> 
> I am trying to install a pptpsetup to use a vpn connection.
> On the command line I've done this:
> 
> dad at dad-Satellite-L675D:~$ locate pptpsetup
> /usr/sbin/pptpsetup
> /usr/share/man/man8/pptpsetup.8.gz

Ya, you got it.  Locate located two files.

> dad at dad-Satellite-L675D:~$ sudo apt-get install /usr/sbin/pptpsetup
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package /usr/sbin

Apt-get takes a package name, the name of a bundle of many files, not
a file name.  Thus the "E" (error) "Unable to locate package..."

> dad at dad-Satellite-L675D:~$ sudo apt-get install /usr/share/man/man8/pptpsetup.8.gz
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package /usr/share/man/man8

You get an A for persistence.

> dad at dad-Satellite-L675D:~$ sudo apt-get install pptpsetup.8.gz
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package pptpsetup.8.gz
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'pptpsetup.8.gz'

A+

> dad at dad-Satellite-L675D:~$
> 
> I'm sure I;m doing something wrong, but I don't know what.
> Any ideas? 

You may find the commandline frustrating.  You probably want to read this:

	https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN