How to start FRR after installing the stable snap version?

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i install frr stable version and according to instructions, i need to type vtysh to start the frr but it keeps saying the command could not found and that i need to install quagga. I can see the processes are runnin but don’t know how to proceed.

ps -ef | grep frr
root 1499 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/bgpd -f /var/snap/frr/72/bgpd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/bgpd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72 --moduledir /snap/frr/72/lib/frr/modules -M rpki
root 1505 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/pimd -f /var/snap/frr/72/pimd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/pimd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1537 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/ripngd -f /var/snap/frr/72/ripngd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/ripngd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1571 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/zebra -f /var/snap/frr/72/zebra.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/zebra.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72 --moduledir /snap/frr/72/lib/frr/modules
root 1595 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/pbrd -f /var/snap/frr/72/pbrd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/pbrd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1613 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/ldpd -f /var/snap/frr/72/ldpd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/ldpd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --ctl_socket /var/snap/frr/72 --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1649 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/eigrpd -f /var/snap/frr/72/eigrpd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/eigrpd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1687 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/babeld -f /var/snap/frr/72/babeld.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/babeld.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1754 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/isisd -f /var/snap/frr/72/isisd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/isisd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 1831 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/ripd -f /var/snap/frr/72/
ripd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/ripd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72
root 2042 1613 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/ldpd -L
root 2043 1613 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/ldpd -E
root 2047 1 0 20:11 ? 00:00:00 /snap/frr/72/sbin/staticd -f /var/snap/frr/72/staticd.conf --pid_file /var/snap/frr/72/staticd.pid --socket /var/snap/frr/72/zsock --vty_socket /var/snap/frr/72

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What is the “it” that keeps on telling you to install quagga?

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What is the “it” that keeps on telling you to install quagga?

Possibly the command-not-found package

according to instructions, i need to type vtysh to start the frr

Unless the vtysh command is:

  • Exposed by the frr (which is a quagga fork) snap
  • Is set as an automatic command alias by the snap store

You have to run frr.vtysh command instead of vtysh command to launch it.

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Ah, good catch. You could also manually snap alias frr.vtysh vtysh if you needed to use the alias.

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