How To Install rancid-cgi on Debian 10

Learn how to install rancid-cgi on Debian 10 with this tutorial. rancid-cgi is looking glass CGI based on rancid tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid-cgi on Debian 10.

What is rancid-cgi

rancid-cgi is:

The looking glass is a web interface for gathering some common information from your routers.

It uses tools like clogin from rancid package to do its job.

There are three methods to install rancid-cgi on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rancid-cgi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rancid-cgi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rancid-cgi

Install rancid-cgi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rancid-cgi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rancid-cgi

Install rancid-cgi Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rancid-cgi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rancid-cgi

How To Uninstall rancid-cgi on Debian 10

To uninstall only the rancid-cgi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rancid-cgi

Uninstall rancid-cgi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rancid-cgi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rancid-cgi

Remove rancid-cgi Configurations and Data

To remove rancid-cgi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rancid-cgi

Remove rancid-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rancid-cgi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rancid-cgi

Dependencies

rancid-cgi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid-cgi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.