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How to download and install the latest version of ddclient

DDclient is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.

Install

ddclient is available in testing/edge repository.

In order to use it, you need first to enable that repository by adding to /etc/apk/repositories:

# echo http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

# apk update

# apk add ddclient

Configuration

A sample configuration file is installed by default in /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.sample.

Rename it as /etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf and modify it according to your needs.

Then, start ddclient as usual:

# rc-service ddclient start

If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:

# rc-update add ddclient default

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 == How to download and install the latest version of ddclient ==
-DDclient is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider. [https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/]
+[https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient DDclient] is a perl script to update accounts for Dynamic DNS Service Provider.
+== Install ==
+ddclient is available in testing/edge repository.
+In order to use it, you need first to enable that [[Repositories|repository]] by adding to /etc/apk/repositories:
-== Install prerequisites ==
+<code># echo http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing</code>
-<code>apk add wget unzip make perl perl-utils perl-test-taint perl-netaddr-ip perl-net-ip perl-yaml perl-log-log4perl perl-io-socket-ssl
+<code># apk update</code>
-cpan Data::Validate::IP</code>
+<code># apk add ddclient</code>
-== Download DDclient ==
+== Configuration ==
-<code>wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddclient/files/latest/download -O ddclient.zip</code>
+A sample configuration file is installed by default in <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf.sample.</code>
-<code>unzip ddclient.zip</code>
+Rename it as <code>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf</code> and modify it according to your needs.
-Copy ddclient from the extracted directory to /usr/bin/.
+Then, start ddclient as usual:
-Create directories: /etc/ddclient/ and /var/cache/ddclient/.
+<code># rc-service ddclient start</code>
-Place your personal ddclient.conf in /etc/ddclient/.
+If you want/need, configure the service to start automatically on boot:
-== Install script. ==
+<code># rc-update add ddclient default</code>
-Includes a ddclient rc script for /etc/init.d/.
-[[File:Ddclient-install.sh]]
+[[Category:Networking]]