Hi Pelle,
for Debian and it's derivatives like Ubuntu, Mint, etc. I suggest you
follow https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Build-Your-Own-Packages
Even as it will still take some time for the official packages to be
available, this will help with an easy upgrade path!
Cheers,
Raoul
On 2017-08-27 20:39, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users wrote:
> Pelle,
>
> If there isn't a package available, it's quite easy to install BackupPC from
> the tar distribution. See the releases [2] on Github: download
> BackupPC-4.1.3.tar.gz and follow the instructions on the main BackupPC Github
> page [3].
>
> Craig
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:05 AM, Pelle Hanses <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> what is the best way to install BackupPC to easily be able to update? I do
>> not want to use the Ubuntu repository version because it is version 3.x. I
>> want the latest versions and I'm using Ubuntu as OS.
>>
>> I guess there are two installation options - install from Github or build
>> your own deb package.
>>
>> The only update option I have used was building a new deb package. How to
>> update from Github I do not know.
>>
>> I want also be able to install patches, for example, the patch that fixes
>> the problem of blank zip and tar files upon downloading multiple files to
>> restore.
>>
>> /Pelle
>>
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