How to install the developement version on Windows platform¶

• How to install the developement version on Windows platform
  • Installing Perl
    • Perl runtime
    • Additional perl modules
  • Installing the agent
    • From an archive file
    • From git repository
  • Running the agent

You may want to read http://prebuilt.fusioninventory.org documentation here: [[How_to_install_the_package_factory]]

To build the packages see also : How to build the FusionInventory Agent Windows package

Installing Perl¶

Perl runtime¶

Download the latest version of Strawberry Perl and install it.

Additional perl modules¶

1. Launch Perl command line (from Windows Start Menu)
2. Launch CPAN plus shell: cpanp

1. Install the following perl modules: install <module>
• XML::TreePP
• UNIVERSAL::require
• File::Which
• Text::Template

Installing the agent¶

From an archive file¶

You can download latest git content as a .zip file from github web interface.

From git repository¶

1. Download the latest version of MSysGit, and install it.
2. Clone the git repository:
• Launch git GUI (from Windows Start Menu)
• select "clone an existing repository"
• use "git://github.com/fusinv/fusioninventory-agent.git" as source URL
• use any directory as target directory
• click "clone" button

Running the agent¶

• Open Windows commande line and go to the directory when agent's sources are located
• run the agent:
  

  perl fusioninventory-agent --stdout