sbackup - anyone using?

[alan c]

Bruce MacArthur wrote:
> On Friday 16 October 2009 04:33:09 pm alan c wrote:
>> clay weber wrote:
>> > alan c wrote:
>> >> Anyone using sbakup in kubuntu please?
>> >> 
>> >> It looks like it is made for gnome not kde, and when it runs in
>> >> kubuntu (8.04) a lot of the configuration options are greyed out, I
>> >> guess because it is in kde no gnome.
>> >> 
>> >> Comments appreciated
>> > 
>> > Yes, sbackup is an Ubuntu-based utility, and is gnome-based.
>> > 
>> > I have not used it in a while, but I used to use it as my main 
> backup 
>> > tool with no issue - not sure if I stopped using it pre- hardy opr 
>> > sometime before Intrepid. The app itself has not been updated since 
> May 
>> > of 2007.
>> > 
>> > I just installed it in karmic, and all the options are available to 
> me. 
>> > perhaps you have some missing dependencies? I suggest looking in 
> your 
>> > menu editor for the app's entry to find the command line to use, and 
>> > plug that into a terminal to see if it spits out any error message 
> about 
>> > missing 'blah' or can't find 'foo'
>> > 
>> > clay
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> iirc karmic (9.04) does give a later version which is more sensible if
>> the external target drive is missing.
>> I will look at dependencies.
> Technically, 9.04 is Jaunty and Karmic is 9.10!!!

Whoops! yes thanks
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alan cocks
Ubuntu user