Sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/ Start the newly installed Shrew Soft VPN daemon for the first time:.Then proceed with the new client set up: sudo cp -fv /usr/local/opt/shrewsoft-vpn-client/*.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons Note: because we already had an older version of Shrew Soft daemon at that location, we had to manually remove the old one first: sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/*shrew*.plist Setting up automatic start via launchd.Note: if this step fails, you may need to remove folders with previous versions of Shrew Soft binaries installed in Applications folder by issuing this command: sudo rm -rf /Applications/Shrew* Creating an alias for the shresoft-vpn-client under Application:.You can get the shrewsoft-vpn-client using homebrew by tapping homebrew/boneyard and then trying to install: brew tap homebrew/boneyard If you need a copy for your install, we are posting a link here to download that package from our website: Īlso, one of the visitors of our website was kind enough to provide following solution: Note: it was brought to our attention that since last year the VPN package has been removed from brew’s repository for unknown reason. We chose to download install script into our home folder separately using the link above and then simply ran it with ruby: ruby install Note: unfortunately, that command did not work for us. They suggested following line that should be executed under a regular user id (e.g. That requires entering shell commands in a Terminal window. Once you have ruby, the step is to download and install Homebrew packet manager.Ours was probably installed with Apple’s XCode Command Line Developer Tools. One prerequisite is that you need to have Ruby programming language installed on your Mac.While we have to admit that our German is still “unterdurchschnittlich”, please find the translated recipe with explanations how it worked for us: Until when we stumbled upon a recent comment from user MIKE under this German blog post that suddenly looked promising.

Cries from “Shrew that!” to the odious “À l’abordage! “ did not help our online search mission was going for days without a single sight of solid land. The only drawback was that our Shrew Soft VPN client has fallen victim of the new ship commander. When we got to upgrade our Macbook Pro to the all new Mac OS X 10.11, we surely liked its slick new style and interface improvements. Scrooge McDuck in “Duck Tales” (TV show, 1987) I don’t know who this El Capitan is, but I sure like his style.”

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