libnma not found

[alexchernokun]

Hello,

I'm having an issue while installing networkmanager-l2tp via yaourt.
Here is the output of the error:

configure: error: Package requirements (libnma >= 1.1.0) were not met:

No package 'libnma' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBNMA_CFLAGS
and LIBNMA_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build networkmanager-l2tp.

I was trying to find libnma package on the aur and no luck.
Could you please help me with this?
Thank you in advance

[dkosovic]

libnma is part of NetworkManager 1.1 and later.

If you are using NetworkManager 1.0,x, you could use NetworkManager-l2tp-1.0.x

I would also recommend using libreswan instead of strongswan for the IPsec support.

[alexchernokun]

I've checked the NM version:

╰─ pacman -Si networkmanager
Repository      : extra
Name            : networkmanager
Version         : 1.4.2-1
Depends On      : libnm-glib  iproute2  polkit  wpa_supplicant  libsoup  libmm-glib  libnewt  libndp  libteam

So have I understood you correctly: libnma should have been already installed?

[dkosovic]

Wow, I didn't know NetworkManager 1.4.0 had been release, let alone 1.4.2.

I don't know why libnma is missing with NetworkManager 1.4.2.

I usually track the Gnome upstream changes to network-manager-pptp and incorporate back into nm-l2tp.I don't see any NM 1.4.x specific changes :
https://git.gnome.org/browse/?q=network-manager

Will look more into it.

[alexchernokun]

Thank you! Will wait for the update from you.
Upd.: forgot to tell - I am using Arch + KDE. Maybe it helps =)

[dkosovic]

Extract from https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2016/08/24/networkmanager-1-4/ :

VPN plugins are no longer released together with NetworkManager. It is intended that for most
plugins no 1.4.0 release exists because the newest version of the plugin works equally well with
any NetworkManager version 1.2.0 or newer.

Guess I'll have to try things out on the latest update of Arch Linux and get back to you.

[alexchernokun]

Thanks!

[dkosovic]

Could you try installing the same dependencies as networkmanager-pptp (apart from pptpclient which isn't required) :
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/networkmanager-pptp/

The dependencies for networkmanager-l2tp in AUR look a bit dated in comparison, since some of the listed APIs have been superseeded.

[alexchernokun]

Already have networkmanager-pptp installed in the system.
Rechecked and here are the versions:

networkmanager-pptp - Version: 1.2.4-1
libnm-glib  - Version: 1.4.2-1
libsecret - Version: 0.18.5-1
ppp - Version: 2.4.7-2
pptpclient - Version: 1.8.0-2
git - Version: 2.10.1-1
intltool - Version: 0.51.0-1
python  - both 3.5 and 2.7

[alexchernokun]

Hm, strange but finally it worked!
First I installed nm-connection-editor and then reinstalled networkmanager-pptp and after that I was able to install networkmanager-l2tp.
Thank you for the help!