Or just download the .deb from Debian testing or unstable:

http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=backuppc

It should install/upgrade on Ubuntu precise just fine.

Regards,
Tyler

On 2013-09-28 02:46, Kenneth Porter wrote:
> --On Friday, September 27, 2013 4:23 AM -0700 Prem <squirrelj AT yahoo DOT 
> com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone point me to where I could find a step-by-step guide to install
>> the new backuppc version 3.3.0 in either Ubuntu or CentOS? The
>> precompiled package available is only for v3.2.1 hence I need the steps
>> to compile the 3.3.0 and then perform remaining configuration.
> 
> I recommend downloading the 3.2.1 source RPM and replacing the tarball with 
> the one for 3.3.0, then editing the spec file to use 3.3.0. That way you 
> get all the CentOS-specific patches and initscript setup.
> 
> <http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RebuildSRPM>
> 
> <http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/ch11s03.html>
> 
> 
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