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I'm trying to setup a SSTP VPN.

I installed from source sstp-client and network-manager-sstp (v1.2.2) on a Ubuntu 17.10 box. Unfortunately, the "SSTP VPN" option does not show up in the network connection menu. Is this plugin compatble with 17.10?

Yann
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  • Please try the packages provided in this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~eivnaes/+archive/ubuntu/network-manager-sstp/+packages?field.name_filter=&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=artful – user1848077 Feb 06 '18 at 22:55

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I think you're missing the package network-manager-sstp-gnome. Here's what I did to make it work: There's a PPA that provides precompiled packages for the necessary software. I added that with:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eivnaes/network-manager-sstp
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$ sudo apt-get update

Then I installed the 3 packages like so:

$ sudo apt-get install sstp-client network-manager-sstp network-manager-sstp-gnome

I then rebooted but it should do to restart the network-manager service:

$ sudo service network-manager restart

After that you should be able to choose the SSTP option in the dialog where you can add a new connection. You can open that dialog with the command 

$ nm-connection-editor

And then click the button that reads "Add".

wbloos
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I was struggling with this on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 and I tried this:

nm-connection-editor

This will open GUI for network-manager and there was new button and create SSTP connection there.

Developia
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    That opens up the menu where I expect the option "SSTP VPN" to be visible, but I still only see PPTP... Anyway, I could work around this issue by using the host's VPN connection, so don't spend too much time on it. Thanks anyway! – Yann Jan 06 '18 at 16:01