Windows

Omni Tools for Windows OS

For your convenience, we provide pre-built binaries of the Omni tools for Windows. The following GENI tools that are part of the overall Omni/GCF package are available in this installer:

• clear-passphrases
• omni
• omni-configure
• readyToLogin
• stitcher
• addMemberToSliceAndSlivers

Notes:

• These binaries have been tested with Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Download

The latest geni-tools binaries for Windows can be downloaded from the releases page.

If at runtime you get errors, it may be that you need certain Microsoft libraries: Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package

Upgrade

1. Uninstall. Follow the instructions below for uninstalling.
2. Proceed with the Install Instructions.

Install

1. Run the Windows installer by double clicking on the downloaded file.

2. Add the omniTools-2.10 installation path to your PATH environment variable, which is done as follows on both Windows 7 and Windows 8:

3. Choose Control Panel and search for PATH in the search box.

4. Click on "Edit environment variables for your account"

5. If the PATH variable does not exist, create it by clicking "New..." and set the "Variable name" to PATH and the "Variable value" to "C:\Program Files (x86)\omniTools-2.10" (or "C:\Program Files\omniTools-2.10").

6. If the PATH variable already exists, append ";C:\Program Files (x86)\omniTools-2.10" (or ";C:\Program Files\omniTools-2.10") to the PATH variable. Be sure to include the ";".

7. Test the installation by opening a Command Prompt and running the command: omni --version The Windows Command Prompt can be found by navigating: Start menu -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt

8. If everything goes well, you should see output that looks like:

   omni: GENI Omni Command Line Aggregate Manager Tool Version 2.10
   Copyright (c) 2015 Raytheon BBN Technologies
   

Configure

Follow the standard instructions for configuring omni, but do the following:

• Run the commands in a Windows Command prompt.

Uninstall

In Windows 7, the uninstaller application is found by navigating Start menu -> All Programs -> omniTools-2.10 -> Uninstall omniTools-2.10.

In Windows 8, right click on Start icon and select "Programs and Features" and on resulting windows double-click "omniTools-2.10". This will uninstall omniTools-2.10.

After un-installing the binary, you may edit your PATH environment variable to delete the entry for omniTools, reversing the instructions listed above.

Known Issues

A list of all open Windows related tickets