How To Install rancid-cgi on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid-cgi on Debian 12.
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 12. 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 12
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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
