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= Introduction =

Latest OpenVPN releases are also available in the project's apt repositories. This allow you to use more up-to-date version of OpenVPN than what's typically available in your distribution's repositories. You need to run these commands as root, e.g. using ''sudo'' or ''su''.

= Compatibility =

Even if a package is built on a particular OS, it does not mean it won't work on older and/or newer versions of the same distro, or even on a different operating system. Compatibility for Debian packages:
 
||'''Package'''||'''Works on'''||
||||Debian 5.x||Debian 6.x||Debian 7.x||Ubuntu 10.04||Ubuntu 10.10||Ubuntu 11.04||Ubuntu 11.10||
||Debian 5.x (Lenny)||Yes||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||
||Debian 6.x (Squeeze)||Untested||Yes||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||
||Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)||Untested||Untested||Untested||Yes||Untested||Yes||Yes||
||AS 1.8.3 (deb)||Untested||Yes||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||Untested||

Compatibility for RPM packages:

||'''Package'''||'''Works on'''||
||||Fedora 15||Fedora 16||RHEL 6||
||Fedora 16||Untested||Works||Untested||
||RHEL 6||Untested||Untested||Works||
||AS 1.8.3 (RPM)||Untested||Works||Untested||

If you've tested the packages yourself on an OS marked as ''"Untested"'', please change the appropriate cell to say ''"Yes"'' or ''"No"'', depending on whether the package worked or not. If you encountered any issues with the package, please file a new [wiki:TesterDocumentation#Reportingbugs bug report].

= Using repos.openvpn.net =

We have several OpenVPN (OSS) repositories. To use them, blindly follow these instructions:

 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-lenny-stable.txt Stable releases for Debian Lenny (5.0)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-squeeze-stable.txt Stable releases for Debian Squeeze (6.0)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-lucid-stable.txt Stable releases for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-lenny-snapshots.txt Snapshots for Debian Lenny (5.0)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-squeeze-snapshots.txt Snapshots for Debian Squeeze (6.0)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-lucid-snapshots.txt Snapshots for Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04)]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/yum/conf/repos.openvpn.net-CentOS6-snapshots.txt Snapshots for RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux 6.x]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/yum/conf/repos.openvpn.net-Fedora16-snapshots.txt Snapshots for Fedora 16]

There are also two [wiki:AccessServer Access Server] repositories:

 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-as-stable.txt Stable Access Server releases for Debian-based distributions]
 * [http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/yum/conf/repos.openvpn.net-as-stable.txt Stable Access Server releases for RPM-based distributions]

The naming convention is '''!http://repos.openvpn.net/repos/apt/conf/repos.openvpn.net-codename.txt''' where codename is your distro's release name. If you're unsure which one to choose, look here:

 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Release_history Debian codenames]
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#Releases Ubuntu codenames]

= Installing OpenVPN =

In most cases, you can just do

{{{
$ apt-get update && apt-get install openvpn
}}}