On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:50:00 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> dijo:
>On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> The problem is the first line "python setup.py install." In English >> "install" is a transitive verb, that is, it requires a direct object >> argument. I.e., install *something*. > >John, > > Don't they insist on fluency in computer in a linguistics program? > The >above command is telling python to install what it finds in setup.py; >in your case, rdiff-backup. The README you quoted also told you that >you could build the executable (i.e., compile it) but not install the >executable in /usr/bin by issuing the command 'python setup.py build' >instead of 'python setup.py install'. Both are reflectsive commands. >Self-referential, if you will. > >> Presumably I should make the command say "python setup.py install >> rdiff-backup," but I need to be in the right directory first. And I >> can't find the right directory. > > No, don't change the command. The python install tools are smart > enough to >read what's in setup.py. Trust it; it works. There's a different >setup.py for each python package you install, and each is specific to >that tool. > >> I think I am subscribed to the rdiff-backup mailing list, so I am >> going to ask there. Or maybe I'll take it to the Fedora forums >> instead/also. > > With the latest python installed with fedora-11, try uninstalling >rdiff-backup and reinstalling. I don't know if the fedora package is >pre-built or has the source. If there's a source rpm for rdiff-backup >that might be the one to use. Shrug. Too many years since I ran Red >Hat. Now I am not sure the problem is with python/rdiff-backup incompatibility. I just installed pybackpack, which is a GUI front end for rdiff-backup. As I write this it is happily making a backup. The only problem is that it does not allow me to access all the possibilities and features of rdiff-backup from the command line. For example, it can exclude only whole folders, not files based on wild cards. I have a lot of distro ISOs scattered around and it would be silly to back them up, so my script excludes *.iso. As soon as the backup finishes I'll try running the script again. Maybe there really was an incompatibility issue and the installation of pybackpack fixed it. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
