Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-02 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 10:07 AM wrote: > > - I'm sorry, I'm not able to program Perl software. > If you are not a programmer, is there some reason you don't use the version packaged for installation on your linux distribution? I found these instructions with google:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-02 Thread backuppc
Since you admittedly lack the skills and competency to install and use this software on your own, your best bet may be to offer to pay somebody to do it for you. Or to choose an alternative paid backup product that comes with the expectation or even rights of support and quality. Bitching about

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-02 Thread dcmoeller
Hello Mr. unknown, couple of answers: - I've paid hours trying to install the software - without success due to misleading documentation and software package not suitable for painless installation. If I find software version 4.X, I expect documentation of working installation procedures.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-01 Thread backuppc
Couple of questions: 1. How much did you pay Craig for a license to BackupPC? 2. How much code did you contribute? Pretty sure the answer is zero. This is open source (aka free software) done by volunteers and contributed out of the goodness of their heart. If you think there are areas for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-01 Thread Taste-Of-IT
Hi, sorry. This Link should work: https://www.taste-of-it.de/debian-backuppc-from-source-installieren/ or this for installation scipt: https://www.taste-of-it.de/sdm_downloads/debian-backuppc-install-script/ Kind regards Taste-of-IT.de Am 01.03.2022 20:35:58, schrieb Christian Möller: > Hi, >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-01 Thread Greg Harris
Ah, but Christian, you have hit the perfect paradox of Open Source Software! When you find a problem, you have the opportunity to lend a hand in fixing it. Yep, it’s annoying, but hopefully rare. This is one of the benefits of Linux, that you have the opportunity and tools available to fix

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-01 Thread Christian Möller
Thanks Johan for your reply and time. Hello, BackupPC community, sorry, to me this sounds like the following: There is BackupPC software with documentation how to install it from scratch ... but this documentation is wrong or at least misleading! One of the benefits of using Linux-based

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-03-01 Thread Christian Möller
Hi, the link does not work for me: "Du bist leider nicht berechtigt, Entwürfe anzusehen." Christian Am 23.02.22 um 14:01 schrieb Taste-Of-IT: Hi, i used this tutorial:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-02-23 Thread Johan Ehnberg
Hello Christian, If you prefer not to install manually, the BackupPC Wiki has an installer script that works on Debian-based distributions: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-tarball-or-git-on-Ubuntu The script source can also be of use for you to identify

Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-02-23 Thread Taste-Of-IT
Hi, i used this tutorial: https://www.taste-of-it.de/debian-backuppc-from-source-installieren/?preview_id=15346_nonce=1a1c002dfe=true&_thumbnail_id=15360 Kind regards Am 23.02.2022 12:39:48, schrieb Christian Möller: > Hello, > > I've tried to install BackupPC v4 following your

[BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation

2022-02-23 Thread Christian Möller
Hello, I've tried to install BackupPC v4 following your documentation at     https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html on a Debian 11 machine. Starting with "Step 1" https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#Step-1:-Getting-BackupPC everything works fine, both packages