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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