Package Details: cisco-secure-client 5.1.16.194-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/cisco-secure-client.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: cisco-secure-client
Description: Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
Upstream URL: https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/secure-client/index.html
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: cisco-anyconnect
Submitter: dmsh
Maintainer: dmsh
Last Packager: dmsh
Votes: 11
Popularity: 0.87
First Submitted: 2024-03-20 21:37 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-01 20:13 (UTC)

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dmsh commented on 2024-03-23 17:24 (UTC) (edited on 2024-03-23 17:25 (UTC) by dmsh)

After package installation, vpnagentd service must be enabled: sudo systemctl enable --now vpnagentd.service; sudo systemctl status vpnagentd.service

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dmsh commented on 2026-05-01 20:15 (UTC)

Updated to 5.1.16.194, thanks to @alllexx88 for provided PKGBUILD.

alllexx88 commented on 2026-05-01 19:02 (UTC) (edited on 2026-05-01 19:03 (UTC) by alllexx88)

Switching to a .deb package actually simplifies things. This works for me:

# Note: After installation must me enabled service 'sudo systemctl enable --now vpnagentd.service'
pkgname=cisco-secure-client
pkgver=5.1.16.194
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client'
url='https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/secure-client/index.html'
arch=('x86_64')
depends=('libxml2-legacy' 'ca-certificates')
optdepends=(
    'hicolor-icon-theme: required by desktop shortcuts'
    'glib2: required by vpnui'
    'gtk3: required by vpnui'
    'webkit2gtk: required by acwebhelper'
)
conflicts=('cisco-anyconnect')
license=('custom')

# skip stripping the binaries to pass integrity check inside vpnagentd
options=('!strip')

source=(
    "https://git.ufz.de/howto/linux/vpn-setup/-/raw/update_5.1.16.194/cisco-secure-client-linux64-${pkgver}-predeploy-deb-k9.tgz"
)

sha256sums=('9b5d6b731a88f84b0c50da7d4d8afc9da6d874fc54504701ef5a49b321d03aa3')

prepare() {
    cd "$srcdir"
    bsdtar -xf "cisco-secure-client-vpn_${pkgver}_amd64.deb"
}

package() {
    if [ -f "$srcdir"/data.tar.zst ]; then
        bsdtar -xf "$srcdir"/data.tar.zst -C "$pkgdir/"
    else
        bsdtar -xf "$srcdir"/data.tar.xz -C "$pkgdir/"
    fi

    mv -f "$pkgdir/lib" "$pkgdir/usr"
}

lyndog commented on 2026-04-27 18:06 (UTC)

Presumably to update this, you'd need to edit the PKGBUILD to use one of the other releases as a basis for it? Perhaps the rpm version? I am not familiar enough with PKGBUILD to try myself.

utrack commented on 2026-04-21 13:57 (UTC)

I've had an issue in the vpnagentd - the UI said "cannot set up routing tables", and the log started with "Unable to get interface index for IP address <ip>", where cscotun0 had a different IP than what was there in the logs.

Turns out, NetworkManager decided to start owning the connection. I did nmcli connection delete cscotun0 and it got solved.

alllexx88 commented on 2026-04-17 08:30 (UTC)

Looking at the latest Cisco secure client download page https://software.cisco.com/download/home/286330811/type/282364313/release/5.1.16.194 there seem to be no cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.16.194-predeploy-k9.tgz -- the only linux64 predeploy being cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.16.194-predeploy-deb-k9.tgz and cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.16.194-predeploy-rpm-k9.tgz

It means we need to update PKGBUILD to repackage from one of these if we want to upgrade beyond 5.1.14.145, and they're both available on https://git.ufz.de/howto/linux/vpn-setup/-/tree/update_5.1.16.194

acmodeu commented on 2026-04-16 08:01 (UTC)

@dmsh I've updated to 5.1.14.145. Seems working.

dmsh commented on 2026-04-15 14:44 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-15 14:47 (UTC) by dmsh)

Updated to 5.1.14.145

Please verify and confirm.

Will check about 5.1.16.194 also...

Daniel_MFG commented on 2026-04-15 14:34 (UTC)

@dmsh @acmodeu If you look at the link that you shared then there is also a 5.1.16.194 rpm version... I guess that would probably work as well AND would be the most recent version! https://git.ufz.de/howto/linux/vpn-setup/-/blob/update_5.1.16.194/cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.16.194-predeploy-rpm-k9.tgz?ref_type=heads

acmodeu commented on 2026-04-15 12:31 (UTC)

I was able to find 5.1.14.145 https://git.ufz.de/howto/linux/vpn-setup/-/blob/update_5.1.16.194/cisco-secure-client-linux64-5.1.14.145-predeploy-k9.tgz?ref_type=heads

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