Use https://launchpad.net/~seriy-pr/+archive/network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:seriy-pr/network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome
sudo service xl2tpd stop
sudo update-rc.d xl2tpd disable
NUEVO para 16.04:
sudo apt install intltool libtool network-manager-dev libnm-util-dev libnm-glib-dev libnm-glib-vpn-dev libnm-gtk-dev libnm-dev libnma-dev ppp-dev strongswan libdbus-glib-1-dev libsecret-1-dev libgtk-3-dev libglib2.0-dev xl2tpd checkinstall
git clone https://github.com/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp.git
cd network-manager-l2tp
autoreconf -fi
intltoolize
./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
make
sudo checkinstall