= 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''.

= Importing the GPG key =

OpenVPN's .deb packages and repository files are signed with GPG. Therefore, you need to import proper public key or you get errors when updating  software catalogs (e.g. with ''apt-get update''):

{{{
$ wget -O - http://build.openvpn.net/packages/apt/conf/openvpn-apt.gpg.key|apt-key add -
}}}

This step is the same regardless of the OS or OS release.

= Adding repository files =

== Debian Lenny (5.x) ==

{{{
$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
$ wget http://build.openvpn.net/packages/apt/conf/openvpn-lenny.list
}}}

== Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) ==

{{{
$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d
$ wget http://build.openvpn.net/packages/apt/conf/openvpn-lucid.list
}}}

= Installing OpenVPN =

In most cases, you can just do

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