Subjectively

sudo su -
#Make sure you have what it takes to compile it.
apt-get install dpkg-dev
#Here are the libraries that are missing
#  that we need for the cisco concentrator
apt-get install libgcrypt11-dev
apt-get install libssl-dev
# So we have to get the source and compile it ourselves
apt-get source vpnc
cd vpnc-0.5.3
# and remove the comment so it will actually *USE*
#   the libraries we added
sed -i 's/^#OPENSSL/OPENSSL/' Makefile
# Prepare the dependencies for compiling
apt-get build-dep vpnc
# Compile and make an installable package
dpkg-buildpackage
cd ..
# Install the package
dpkg -i vpnc_0.5.3-1_i386.deb

IPSec gateway vpn.yourdomain.com
IPSec ID thenameofyourgroup
IPSec secret passwordyeradmingaveyou
Xauth username yername
Xauth password yersupersecretpassword

#!/bin/bash
 
vpnc=/usr/local/sbin/vpnc
conf=/etc/vpnc/yourfile.conf
pid=/var/run/vpnc/pid
 
function start () {
  echo "Enter VPN password:"
  $vpnc $conf > /dev/null
}
 
function stop () {
  [[ ! -f $pid ]] && exit
  vpid=$(cat $pid)
  kill $vpid
}
 
function status () {
  [[ ! -f $pid ]] && {
        echo "$0 is not running"
        exit
  }
  vpid=$(cat $pid)
  instance=$(ps aux | grep $vpid | sed "/grep $vpid/d")
  [[ ! -z "$instance" ]] && echo "$0 is running" || echo "$0 is not running"
}
 
function reload () {
 echo "Reload is not supported for cisco vpn"
}
 
function restart () {
  stop
  start
}
 
VERSION=0.1
 
case "$1" in
    start)
        start $VERSION
        ;;
    stop)
        stop "$VERSION"
        ;;
    restart)
        restart "$VERSION"
        ;;
    reload)
        reload $VERSION
        ;;
    status)
        status $VERSION
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
 
exit 0

chmod +x mytunnel

./mytunnel start
Enter VPN password:

./mytunnel status
./mytunnel is running

./mytunnel stop