Install BackupPC from source on the BackupPC server

• Here are my instructions to install from source. These steps must usually be done as root.
  • Download backuppc from backuppc.sourceforge.net. My direct link is http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/backuppc/BackupPC-3.0.0.tar.gz. Store the source in /opt
  • # umask 022
  • BackupPC compression requires several perl modules
    # aptitude install libcompress-zlib-perl libarchive-zip-perl
  • BackupPC (rsync xfer) requires libfile-rsync-perl v. 0.68 or higher
    # aptitude install libfile-rsyncp-perl
  • Unpack and install the software
    # cd /opt
    # mkdir build
    # cd build
    # tar -zxvpf /opt/BackupPC-3.0.0.tar.gz
    # cd BackupPC-3.0.0
    # perl configure.pl (answers logged)
    --> Full path to existing main config.pl []?
    --> Are these paths correct? [y]?
    --> BackupPC will run on host [on-demand]?
    --> BackupPC should run as user [backuppc]? backup
    --> Install directory (full path) [/usr/local/BackupPC]? /opt/pkg/BackupPC-3.0.0
    --> Data directory (full path) [/data/BackupPC]? /srv/on-demand/archive
    --> Compression level [3]?
    --> CGI bin directory (full path) []? /usr/lib/cgi-bin
    --> Apache image directory (full path) []? /var/www/BackupPC
    --> URL for image directory (omit http://host; starts with '/') []? /BackupPC
    --> Do you want to continue? [y]? y
    
  • Once the install finishes,
    # cd /opt
    # ln -s pkg/BackupPC-3.0.0 BackupPC
  • Install the backuppc init script.
    # cp /opt/build/BackupPC-3.0.0/init.d/debian-backuppc /etc/init.d/backuppc
    (Use the appropriate script for your distribution.)
  • Edit /etc/init.d/backuppc
    diff debian-backuppc backuppc
    13c13
    < BINDIR=/opt/pkg/BackupPC-3.0.0/bin
    ---
    > BINDIR=/opt/BackupPC/bin
    
  • Activate BackupPC on each boot
    # sysv-rc-conf --level 2345 backuppc on
    # sysv-rc-conf --level 016 backuppc off
  • Start backuppc
    # /etc/init.d/backuppc start
  
  NOTE: If you install BackupPC so that its data directory is not /srv/on-demand/archive you will need to adjust the paths in the predump and postdump scripts as well as use your location when configuring clients' RsyncShareNames.