Mike,
You have to build and install backuppc-xs first. Also, makeDist needs a
--version argument.
The wiki has an example script
<https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-git-on-Ubuntu-Xenial-16.04-LTS>
for building from git.
Craig
On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:26 PM Mike Hughes <m...@visionary.com> wrote:
> I am new to git-based installations and need some help. I cloned the three
> projects and I cd into the backuppc folder to run perl configure.pl and
> it replies with:
>
> [Cent-7:root@hostname backuppc]# perl configure.pl
>
> You need to run makeDist first to create a tarball release that includes an
>
> updated configure.pl. After you unpack the tarball, run configure.pl from
>
> there.
>
>
>
> Not sure why I’d need to generate a tarball but when I run makeDist I get:
>
> [Cent-7:root@ hostname backuppc]# perl makeDist
>
> Can't locate BackupPC/XS.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./lib
> /usr/local/lib64/perl5 /usr/local/share/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl
> /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 .) at
> lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm line 51.
>
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm line 51.
>
> Compilation failed in require at makeDist line 59.
>
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at makeDist line 59.
>
>
>
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