Debian 12: 20:06:55.221 Another multicast routing application is already running

[lucdig]

I've just installed mrouted on Debian 12, and I have this:

./configure gives me these alerts:

./configure: line 4433: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found
./configure: line 4699: --variable=systemdsystemunitdir: command not found

make didn't show any alert

But:

./mrouted -n

mrouted: 20:06:55.221 Another multicast routing application is already running.

I don't know which other application is running multicast.... any idea?

Please help, I need to use mrouted.

Thanks. regards

[troglobit]

I'm sorry, but only you know what you have installed on your system. It could be some pim implementation, or an IGMP proxy, or smcroute?

Also, I think you need to re-read the README so you can build the program properly.

[lucdig]

Hi, sorry, when I saw the error I located mrouted.conf in /etc, but I compiled without the options

--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var

so the correct location of mrouted.conf is /usr/local/etc.
When I moved mrouted.conf to /usr/local/etc, I started and it worked as expected.

I built mrouted from GIT. I would like to ask: what are the steps for building new versions from GIT?
Should I purge my local directory ~/mrouted/ and "git clone" again?
Or is there any other way to avoid purging my local directory?

Thanks

[troglobit]

Please follow the build instructions in the README. I've put all the information you need there so you avoid mishaps like this.

Don't build from GIT. There's no advantage to it at all, the latest release is the same as the latest GIT sources. If you want to add your own features, then use a git branch, this is documented elsewhere and not something I can will help you with.