How to Install Cisco VPN Client on Fedora 13

Misheki
Misheki, Yahoo! Contributor Network
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This is a step by step solution to some problematic installations of Cisco VPN
Client on Fedora Core 13 with kernel 2.6.34. This might also work on other
Linux flavors.

Note: The text in bold are commands to input in your terminal.

1. Install gcc.

yum install gcc
2. Download the latest version of cisco vpnclient (4.8.02.0030) from http://projects.tuxx-home.at/ciscovpn/clients/linux/4.8.02/vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.02.0030-k9.tar.gz

3. Change to the opt directory

cd /opt

4. Untar the VPN client
tar xzvf vpnclient-linux-x86_64-4.8.02.0030-k9.tar.gz
5. Download the patch for your kernel version
wget http://lamnk.com/download/vpnclient-linux-2.6.31-final.diff
6. Change to vpn client directory
cd vpnclient
7. Apply the patch
patch < ../vpnclient-linux-2.6.31-final.diff
8. Edit the kernel source file
sudo sed -i 's/const\ struct\ net_device_ops\ \*netdev_ops;/struct\ net_device_ops\ \*netdev_ops;/' `find /usr/src -name netdevice.h`
9. Install the vpn client
sudo ./vpn_install
And that's it!

Source: http://www.lamnk.com/blog/vpn/how-to-install-cisco-vpn-client-on-ubuntu-jaunty-jackalope-and-karmic-koala-64-bit/)

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