Install network-manager-l2tp on linux distros from source (rough draft)

install-network-manager-l2tp.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This script will install network-manager-l2tp on linux distros from source.
# Only instructions x86_64, per https://github.com/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp
# Untested everywhere (i.e. this is a rough draft)

# Get the required files
git clone https://github.com/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp.git
cd network-manager-l2tp
git checkout 1.2.2

# On debian per https://gist.github.com/higebu/e89fc8357a5a395c64606a60fab86a24
# sudo apt-get install build-essential intltool libgtk-3-dev libsecret-1-dev
# sudo apt-get -t stretch install xl2tpd ppp-dev libnm-gtk-dev libnma-dev libnm-glib-vpn-dev libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200 libnl-route-3-200

# Provides the name of the distro 
distro=$(cat /etc/os-release | grep '^NAME' | awk -F= '{print $2}')

# Build using distro-specific commands
if [[ $distro == *"Ubuntu"* ]] || [[ $distro == *"Debian"* ]]; then
./configure \
  --disable-static --prefix=/usr \
  --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
  --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --with-pppd-plugin-dir=/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7

elif [[ $distro == *"Fedora"* ]] || [[ $distro == *"RedHat"* ]]; then
./configure \
  --disable-static --prefix=/usr \
  --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64 \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --with-pppd-plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7

elif [[ $distro == *"openSUSE"* ]]; then
./configure \
  --disable-static --prefix=/usr \
  --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64 \
  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
  --localstatedir=/var \
  --with-pppd-plugin-dir=/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7

else
echo "Good things come to those who understand the network effect."

make
sudo make install
echo "Please reboot for changes to take effect."