sbackup - anyone using?
alan c
aeclist at candt.waitrose.com
Sat Oct 17 14:00:42 UTC 2009
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
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