Installing Pybackpack On OS X

(Work in progress)

Dependencies

Using Fink, install the following packages:

TODO: Add exact package names

• python
• pygtk2-py24 (or py23 or py25, as appropriate)
• rdiff-backup
• gtk+2
• gnome-python2-py24 (or py23 or py25, as appropriate)

You also need nautilus-cd-burner (nautilusburn) for CD/DVD burning. If you don't have it, pybackpack may crash, although this has been fixed in svn.

(Not sure this is a complete list of dependencies - see below about import failures.)

Installation

Download and install pybackpack using fink's python. This can be done by placing fink's paths first in $PATH, or probably also by calling /sw/bin/python for setup.py. Otherwise, pybackpack won't be able to find rdiff-backup.

Run pybackpack from a terminal, and if the tracebacks show an import failure, install the fink package that provides the missing module. The pybackpack scripts are located at /sw/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pybackpack if you need to change them. (python2.3 and python2.5 are also possible.)

Experimental: Install through fink

Put the attached pybackpack.info file in /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo/ (you might have to create the directory).

Then, run fink install pybackpack, and that's it!

Realistically, we don't have the dependencies quite right yet in the .info file, so it probably won't work. Any input as to what fink packages are needed is welcome. On the other hand, whatever's listed at the top of this page is also in the .info file, so it'll get you just as far but faster.