IMHO, it would be nice if the Desktop install supported all the VPN plugins out-of-the-box. Users shouldn't need to hunt for plugin packages to install.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1744015 Title: [bionic] Locating necessary Network Manager plugins (for example, OpenVPN) is not a good experience Status in network-manager package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce: (0) Install Bionic desktop (1) Observe that only PPTP connection type is available when adding a VPN in the UI (using any method). (2) Run `sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn`. (3) Observe that in the top panel "VPN Settings" option, clicking the "+" next to "VPN" does not reveal any new VPN type options. (4) Run `nm-connection-editor` from the command-line, and observe that not only is there no option to add an OpenVPN connection, but in addition, the following message is printed on the console: ** Message: vpn: (openvpn,/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn- service.name) file "libnm-vpn-plugin-openvpn.so" not found. Did you install the client package? Installing `network-manager-openvpn-gnome` seems to do the right thing, but the process of finding what should be installed isn't obvious to the user. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1744015/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
