hello, 1. Install only Command Line Tools from Xcode (if you don't want the complete package) 2. Download rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz from rsync.samba.org and untar it*. 3. Go into the rsync folder with the Terminal (cd Downloads/rsync-3.0.9) 4. Run: ./configure 5. Run: make 6. Run: sudo make install
*tar xf rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz or with the Finder If you want rsync 3.0.9 replace the original (Apple-modified) 2.6.9, run step 4 with the option "prefix": ./configure --prefix=/usr But this is not recommended. Good luck future guru Banana On May 8, 2012, at 3:40 PM, s.no...@free.fr wrote: > Hello, > > Please bear with me because I'm no command-line guru. Quite the opposite. > > I was wondering if there existed a simple, straightforward way for a novice to > install the latest version of rsync (3.0.9) onto Mac OS X. After searching > around the Web, I found that the following site offers such an installer -- > http://www.themacplace.co.uk/downloads.html -- > but the proposed version of rsync (3.0.6) is not quite the latest one. > > I'm using rsync to back up Mac boxes to a Linux box. I learnt about rsync and > how to use it, then got it working, only to find that Apple ships OS X with a > very outdated version of the programme (2.6.9), causing problems, for example, > with extended attributes. > > Being a novice, I have no need to install Apple's XCode (the MacPorts > programme, > on macports.org, would appear to require this, as far as I can understand), > and > I would just like a simple way of getting the latest version of rsync up and > running. > > Any help anyone would be kind enough to provide would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > S.N. > > > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
