Installing Shrew VPN for Ubuntu 16.04

Question

I am new to using Ubuntu machine.

I am trying to install Shrew VPN software for my Ubuntu machine with following details:

1. Version- 16.04
2. 64 bit

I installed the Ubuntu 12.04 version of Shrew VPN from https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/ike-qtgui/

Did all the necessary setting to add a new site configuration but trying to connect, I am getting the error: "negotiation timout occurred"

For reference:

remote id configured
pre-shared key configured
bringing up tunnel ...
negotiation timout occurred
tunnel disabled
detached from key daemon

How could I possibly solve this problem?

Answer 1

There seem to be prebuilt binaries for most Ubuntu releases here: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ike

So all I needed to do was

sudo apt-get install ike-qtgui

If you don't find this helpful, try building from source as described in this answer on Stack Overflow (Unfortunately didn't work on my Ubuntu 18.04)