I don't know much about what all sources are available for debian and
currently just using the /etc/apt/sources.list established by the
default install:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main

------- --------- ---=--- --------- --------

Is there a source for a `tarsnap' pkg

(http://www.tarsnap.com/index.html)

that is accessible with `aptitude'?



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On Jo, 23 iun 11, 01:09:18, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> Is there a source for a `tarsnap' pkg
>
> (http://www.tarsnap.com/index.html)
>
> that is accessible with `aptitude'?

You can look for packages distributed on packages.debian.org, which will
search in all suites (oldstable, stable, testing, sid, experimental) and
all areas (main, contrib, non-free). For even older packages there is
archive.debian.org

If it's in none of the above you can search for hints for .deb packages
and/or repository on their website and lastly your favorite search
engine.

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On 23/06/11 16:09, Harry Putnam wrote:

<snipped>
>
> Is there a source for a `tarsnap' pkg
>
> (http://www.tarsnap.com/index.html)
>
> that is accessible with `aptitude'?
>

Not according to:-
https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html
"At the present time, pre-built binaries are not available for Tarsnap —
it must be compiled from the source code."

And Google seems to agree:-
http://www.google.com/search?q=tarsnap+filetype%3Adeb

Try checkinstall to build a debian package:-
# apt-get install checkinstall

Then download the source package from:-
https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html

Follow the instruction on that page with the following modification to
step 6:-
6. Run make all *checkinstall* clean to build and install Tarsnap.

Cheers

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On 06/23/2011 01:09 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
[snip]


Is there a source for a `tarsnap' pkg

(http://www.tarsnap.com/index.html)

that is accessible with `aptitude'?



https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html


http://www.tarsnap.com/

That *might* not break the DFSG, but I doubt whether any DD would want
to package it.


http://www.tarsnap.com/infrastructure.html


Secure your own data. External enclosures and hard drives are *cheap*.

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On 23/06/11 16:49, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/23/2011 01:09 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: [snip]
> http://www.tarsnap.com/
>
> >
> That *might* not break the DFSG, but I doubt whether any DD would
> want to package it.

Hence the checkinstall suggestion...

>
> http://www.tarsnap.com/infrastructure.html
>
> The "sensible" don't trust Amazon

The "paranoid" don't trust teh intertubes

>
> Secure your own data. External enclosures and hard drives are
> *cheap*.
>

:-)

And there's a company that allows free online storage of files, where
you can use the encryption of your choice, provided the backups are
broken into 25MB chunks - with a total limit of 7GB per free account.
No upper limit on the number of free "storage" accounts either.

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Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> writes:

> Follow the instruction on that page with the following modification to
> step 6:-
> 6. Run make all *checkinstall* clean to build and install Tarsnap.

I see asterisks fore and aft of `checkinstall'. Were those for
emphasis or part of the command.

Is the command

make all checkinstall clean

?


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On 24/06/11 09:52, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Follow the instruction on that page with the following modification to
>> step 6:-
>> 6. Run make all *checkinstall* clean to build and install Tarsnap.
>
> I see asterisks fore and aft of `checkinstall'. Were those for
> emphasis or part of the command.

Emphasis.
If you view your email as HTML anything between the *s is usually
rendered as bold (strong).

>
> Is the command
>
> make all checkinstall clean
>
> ?
>
>

First I'd:-
1. Extract the tarball
2. Read all the README files first. (esp. /pkg/README) - as autoconf is
used you may find it is capable of producing a Debian package.

3. Read the output of:-
$ ./configure --help | less

I'd try separating the commands eg.:-
$ make all
$ checkinstall
$ clean

The last is not necessary (unless you try and compile the app twice from
the same extracted archive)

Paths I'm referring to are relative to the extracted tarball.

Disclaimer: I haven't used tarsnap so I'm going from the retailer's
instructions (YMMV).


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Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> writes:

> On 23/06/11 16:09, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> <snipped>
>>
>> Is there a source for a `tarsnap' pkg
>>
>> (http://www.tarsnap.com/index.html)
>>
>> that is accessible with `aptitude'?
>>
>
> Not according to:-
> https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html
> "At the present time, pre-built binaries are not available for Tarsnap —
> it must be compiled from the source code."
>
> And Google seems to agree:-
> http://www.google.com/search?q=tarsnap+filetype%3Adeb
>
> Try checkinstall to build a debian package:-
> # apt-get install checkinstall
>
> Then download the source package from:-
> https://www.tarsnap.com/download.html
>
> Follow the instruction on that page with the following modification to
> step 6:-
> 6. Run make all *checkinstall* clean to build and install Tarsnap.

Finally got around to doing this but something tells me this is not
what is supposed to happen:

pwd
/usr/local/src/tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.30

configure ran fine

make all checkinstall clean

[...]
Ends with this line:
make: *** No rule to make target `checkinstall'. Stop

So what did I do wrong?


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