I am seeing this bug. Should it have been fixed in 12.04.3? Because it seems it is not. I have not used this package before so this was a fresh install of the package: root@wink:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections $ apt-get install network-manager-strongswan Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ipsec-tools libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libfcgi0ldbl libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libstrongswan strongswan-ikev2 strongswan-nm The following NEW packages will be installed ipsec-tools libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libfcgi0ldbl libglade2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libstrongswan network-manager-strongswan strongswan-ikev2 strongswan-nm 0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 1 842 kB of archives. After this operation, 5 828 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libglade2-0 amd64 1:2.6.4-1ubuntu1.1 [53,0 kB] Get:2 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libgnomecanvas2-common all 2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1 [9 120 B] Get:3 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libgnomecanvas2-0 amd64 2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1 [101 kB] Get:4 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libbonoboui2-common all 2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1 [11,7 kB] Get:5 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libbonoboui2-0 amd64 2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1 [189 kB] Get:6 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libgnomeui-common all 2.24.5-2ubuntu2 [16,5 kB] Get:7 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main libgnomeui-0 amd64 2.24.5-2ubuntu2 [257 kB] Get:8 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libfcgi0ldbl amd64 2.4.0-8.1 [283 kB] Get:9 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe libstrongswan amd64 4.5.2-1.2 [471 kB] Get:10 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe strongswan-nm amd64 4.5.2-1.2 [20,8 kB] Get:11 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main ipsec-tools amd64 1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1 [71,6 kB] Get:12 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe strongswan-ikev2 amd64 4.5.2-1.2 [340 kB] Get:13 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe network-manager-strongswan amd64 1.1.2-2build1 [17,6 kB] Fetched 1 842 kB in 2s (630 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libglade2-0. (Reading database ... 407219 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libglade2-0 (from .../libglade2-0_1%3a2.6.4-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnomecanvas2-common. Unpacking libgnomecanvas2-common (from .../libgnomecanvas2-common_2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnomecanvas2-0. Unpacking libgnomecanvas2-0 (from .../libgnomecanvas2-0_2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbonoboui2-common. Unpacking libbonoboui2-common (from .../libbonoboui2-common_2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libbonoboui2-0. Unpacking libbonoboui2-0 (from .../libbonoboui2-0_2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnomeui-common. Unpacking libgnomeui-common (from .../libgnomeui-common_2.24.5-2ubuntu2_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgnomeui-0. 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Setting up libglade2-0 (1:2.6.4-1ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libgnomecanvas2-common (2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libgnomecanvas2-0 (2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libbonoboui2-common (2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libbonoboui2-0 (2.24.5-0ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up libgnomeui-common (2.24.5-2ubuntu2) ... Setting up libgnomeui-0 (2.24.5-2ubuntu2) ... Setting up libfcgi0ldbl (2.4.0-8.1) ... Setting up libstrongswan (4.5.2-1.2) ... Setting up ipsec-tools (1:0.8.0-9ubuntu1) ... Setting up strongswan-nm (4.5.2-1.2) ... Setting up strongswan-ikev2 (4.5.2-1.2) ... Setting up network-manager-strongswan (1.1.2-2build1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place root@wink:/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS Release: 12.04 Codename: precise