Raoul Bhatia wrote at about 20:37:59 +0100 on Saturday, January 9, 2021: > On 2021-01-07 12:39, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > On Tue, 2021-01-05 at 10:05 -0500, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > >> > I don't want top build my own for now, at least not until I get up > >> to speed > >> > again with BPC. > >> > > >> https://kifarunix.com/install-and-setup-backuppc-server-on-ubuntu-20-04/ > >> > > >> > Are there any well-known, if untrusted, PPA's known here on the > >> list, in use > >> > for BPC v4? > >> > > >> > Hints appreciated and as usual thanks in advance! > >> > Feels kinda' good to be back with BPC. :-) > > > > Slow day at work, so opted to run through the above guide. > > After a few glitches I now have BPC 4.4.0 running. > > > > One thing stands out though. > > The pretty pool graphs from BPC 3.3 are missing in BPC 4.4.0. > > Is this expected or will they show up when a few backups have been > > done? > > One thing that always puzzles me: > Why do people like to install from source instead from packages? > As a long-time sysadmin, I normally make damn sure that my systems are > not dirty. > Therefore, manually installing software via the basic "configure; make; > make install" would be the very last resort. From my experience, there > is always more risk that some artifacts are left behind when upgrading > such installations, that will cause unexpected issues. > > I understand that packages can also be done badly, but if I do not trust > pre-packaged software, there are normally easy ways to package myself. > > Anybody care to share their perspective? >
I agree! I am OCD about keeping even my personal systems clean... and I hate the idea that random files could be installed anywhere without any easy way to track, update or remove them as necessary... If for some reason there is no package and I just want to "play" with some software, I make sure to install it only locally (and usually manually) without root privileges so I can be sure that nothing gets stuck somewhere that I don't know about and that I can't later remove. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
