Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup Mac OS X

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Pieter Donche wrote:
> I'm not a mac user, but need to install rdiff-backup
> on a  Mac PowerPC G4(2.1) 700 Mhz, Mac OS X 10.4.11
> and a iMacIntel7,1 Mac OS X Version 10.5.2
> (everything on mac is new for me..)

Not related to your problem, but: Run software update on your  
iMacIntel to update to 10.5.6.

> On the PowerPC Mac, I first installed Fink (since the webpage of
> rdiff-backup mentiones rdiff-backup is in Fink collection)
> this went without problems.
>
> From a Terminal window, then I used  apt-get  to fetch and install  
> rdiff-backup
> $ sudo apt-get update
> ...
> $ sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup
> ...
> This fetches a lot of packahes, but finally gives me the warning:
> ...
>  Unpacking xfree86

Whoa, that's insane. Rdiff-backup doesn't need X11 support...

Digging through the Fink project's files, it looks like they've made  
python25 dependent on X11. Argh. If you switch from Fink to MacPorts,  
you'll have to install fewer packages.


But, here's what I suggest: Install only librsync using fink or  
MacPorts (you may need "librsync-devel" or "librsync-dev" or something  
like that as well). Then, install rdiff-backup from the .tar.gz  
available from the website. Follow the usual instructions in the  
README, but you'll need --librsync-dir to point at the place where you  
have installed librsync. For example, with MacPorts:

$ python setup.py --librsync-dev=/opt/local/lib build

Both Fink and MacPorts are behind on which version they are offering.  
If you do it this way, you can get the latest version.


best,
Andrew