Re: RANCID on Cygwin

[David Stacey <drstacey at tiscali dot co dot uk>]

On 08/10/2013 14:53, Jakub Horbacewicz wrote:
> I have to use Windows server for making backups of network devices. To
> accomplish that I have to run Rancid, so I need to install Cygwin. Can
> you help me with compiling Rancid through Cygwin? I cannot find any
> tutorial or tips in google.

If you download and unpack the RANCID sources, there is a 'README' file 
in there with some quick installation instructions. Simply follow the 12 
steps listed in that document.

I don't know much about RANCID, but this might get you started: It 
appears that RANCID is mostly written in script languages (perl, 
expect), with a very small amount of C code that has to be compiled. So, 
from a Cygwin terminal:

    # Download and unpack the sources.
    wget ftp://ftp.shrubbery.net/pub/rancid/rancid-2.3.8.tar.gz
    tar -xf rancid-2.3.8.tar.gz
    cd rancid-2.3.8

    # Configure.
    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    # This gets stuck checking for 'ping'.
    # I had to open up Windows Task Manager and kill 'ping.exe'.

    # Compile.
    make

Then you can 'make install' to do the installation. This gets you past 
step 2 of the installation instructions in the README file; I'll leave 
it up to you to read and complete the remaining steps.

Cheers,

Dave.



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