Thanks for the quick update. I can downgrade to 3.3.0 if it means that this will work.
Just curious why the latest stable version of Amanda isn't working with the latest Ubuntu LTS and there seem to be no plans to rectify this. Cheers, On 01/07/12 05:07, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 07:51:28 +0000, Leo List wrote: >> As there is no Amanda 3.3.1 binary build for 64 bit Ubuntu 12.04, I've >> downloaded the latest stable version, but when I run the make I get the >> following error > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 05:37:45 +0000, Subscriptions wrote: >> As you may have guessed by some of my questions by now I'm not exactly >> an expert so only some of the things you suggested make sense. >> >> Do you have any idea when a dowloadable packe that works will be available? > Were you specifically looking for v3.3.1? > > If so: as far as I know there are no plans to build an official Ubuntu > package of that version for Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise). If this is what you > need, then as far as I can see your best bet is to try compiling the > Amanda source package taken from Quantal on your Precise machine, and > using the resulting .deb files to install Amanda. (I haven't tried > doing this myself, though.) > > > If Amanda version 3.3.0 is good enough, then follow LP: #932064 to see > progress toward a working amanda-server package in Precise. > http://pad.lv/932064 > (As a guess, I'd say a working package might be released in the next > couple weeks.) > > > Note that the Ubuntu packages configure the system differently than > you'd get if you built the binaries directly from the amanda.org source > code. (For example, the name of the Unix account used to own the Amanda > files and processes is different.) So it's not easy to switch back and > fourth between the two types of installations. > > (For more info on building an Ubuntu package from the package source, > see for example: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-sourcepkgs > ) > > Nathan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nathan Stratton Treadway - [email protected] - Mid-Atlantic region > Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ > GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 > Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239
