Any way to install OpenVPN 2.5?

Florian_Fra · July 25, 2021, 8:19am

Is there any way to install openvpn version 2.5 on Turris omnia?

Regards,

Florian

Pepe · July 25, 2021, 10:18am

Hello Florian,

In OpenWrt 19.07 version, which we are using in Turris 5.x, the version of OpenVPN is 2.4.11 according to this commit:

github.com

openwrt/openwrt/blob/ceb8821a3d3356733aafa9cc9430d1b1ab8ace07/package/network/services/openvpn/Makefile

#
# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
#
# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
# See /LICENSE for more information.
#

include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk

PKG_NAME:=openvpn

PKG_VERSION:=2.4.11
PKG_RELEASE:=1

PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
	https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases/ \
	https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/
PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
PKG_HASH:=e579eff218ab1d765965e64a917927504d8324717afdfcd56850f6b83ba8441b

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If you want to have it updated, you can try to submit a pull request there.

In the upcoming version of OpenWrt 21.02, there is OpenVPN version 2.5.3. This is already available in one of our development branches.

github.com

openwrt/packages/blob/ecea08671fb63e6fc2dd485e08bbc9a86a486e84/net/openvpn/Makefile

#
# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
#
# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
# See /LICENSE for more information.
#

include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk

PKG_NAME:=openvpn

PKG_VERSION:=2.5.3
PKG_RELEASE:=2

PKG_SOURCE_URL:=\
	https://build.openvpn.net/downloads/releases/ \
	https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases/
PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
PKG_HASH:=fb6a9943c603a1951ca13e9267653f8dd650c02f84bccd2b9d20f06a4c9c9a7e

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And if you want to the latest OpenVPN version on the current stable release, then you can try to compile it and install it by yourself.