Fruitless installation attempts: "Back in Time" backup program at Kubuntu 22.04 LTS.

[Bastiaan Gijsbertus Roufs]

On 21-05-2022 19:16, Mark Fraser wrote:
> On 21/05/2022 16:38, Bastiaan Gijsbertus Roufs wrote:
>> Hello Mark and others.
>>> Have you tried backintime-qt? I'm still on 21.10 and backintime-qt 
>>> wants to install backintime-common backintime-qt libnotify-bin.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I did. In 22.04, I do not get it installed, because of "broken 
>> dependencies". The package libnotify-bin is apparently missing.
>
> What happens if you try to install libnotify-bin?


bas at Viaconsensus-iter:~$ sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin
[sudo] password for bas:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package libnotify-bin is not available, but is referred to by another 
package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'libnotify-bin' has no installation candidate
bas at Viaconsensus-iter:~$


>
>> However, I did discover something else after senseeding my previous 
>> message.
>>
>> When launching Dolphin, and RIGHT-clickling, I see three possible 
>> actions via "Back in Time" - amongst which "backup within the last 
>> snapshot". However, I need the so-called "context menu" within 
>> Dolphin in order to trigger such an action, define the place for 
>> storing the backup, etc. But even after launching Dolphin, I do not 
>> see anywhere the "context menu" that I need to launch "Back in Time". 
>> On the other hand, when going to DOLPHIN > Settings > Configure 
>> Dolphin, I do see an option to configure the "context menu". The 
>> three possible actions of "Back in Time" are already being mentioned 
>> at the list of actions to be shown at that "context menu". So, 
>> somewhere inside Dolphin, that "context menu" with  "Back in Time" 
>> must be available. However, I cannot find it anywhere so far.
>>
>> So, my question is now..... How can I find that "context menu" inside 
>> Dolphin?
>
> Does this help find where those files are supposed to be located? 
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/all/backintime-qt/filelist

May be.

I'll check this later.

Yours.

Bas
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