Troubleshooting—Advanced Installation Methods

Normally, the techniques discussed above should work fine for any platform. However, I want to provide advanced installation techniques that will enable you to install OpenVPN in situations where the other standard methods fail.

Our next installation example—installing from source code—will cover a procedure that is possible on every platform and enables the administrator to change the basic behavior of OpenVPN. Many developers and administrators consider that this should be standard installation procedure for all systems. There are some advantages regarding stability and performance that can only be optimized for your individual system by compiling as much relevant software as possible (the Gentoo approach...). In most cases, however, the installation tools provided with the systems are much easier to use. But if you are looking for detailed debugging information, the source code will be first choice.

When building OpenVPN from sources, there...