> From: Dennis McClellan <
pademc1@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@dad-Satellite-L675D:~$ locate pptpsetup
> /usr/sbin/pptpsetup
> /usr/share/man/man8/pptpsetup.8.gz
Ya, you got it. Locate located two files.
> dad@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@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@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@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
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