Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems using the wiki script

On 01/28/2017 09:38 AM, Johan Ehnberg wrote:
> On 01/27/2017 08:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Kent Tenney <ktenney AT gmail DOT com> 
>> wrote:
>>> https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-git-on-Ubuntu-Xenial-16.04-LTS
>>>
>>> After running the wiki script,
>>>  /usr/loca/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC
>>> fails with
>>> Can't locate BackupPC/Lib.pm in @INC (you may need to install the
>>> BackupPC::Lib module) (@INC contains: /usr/local/BackupPC/lib /etc/perl
>>> /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.22 /usr/share/perl5
>>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.22 /usr/share/perl/5.22
>>> /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base .) at
>>> /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC line 57.
>>> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC line
>>> 57.
>>>
>>> It seems the lib files weren't installed,
>>> # tree /usr/local/BackupPC/lib
>>> /usr/local/BackupPC/lib/
>>> ├── BackupPC
>>> │   ├── CGI
>>> │   ├── Config
>>> │   ├── Lang
>>> │   ├── Storage
>>> │   ├── Xfer
>>> │   └── Zip
>>> └── Net
>>>     └── FTP
>>
>> I haven't installed v4 yet so I can't be more specific, but what you
>> are showing are just the directories in /usr/local/BackupPC/lib/ which
>> seem to at least exist, but your error is about a particular file.
>> The @INC list is the search path where perl will try to find it.
>> Does /usr/local/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm exist, and if so is it
>> and the path to it readable by the backuppc user?
>>
>
> Hi Kent and Les,
>
> Thanks for the report! I maintain the mentioned instructions, and can
> confirm this error.
>
> It seems something has changed in the latest code, and while the
> installer says:
>
>    Installing library in /usr/local/BackupPC/lib
>
> The lib folders remain empty. The exit status is also OK, so the
> installer may not even see the error. As such it is a bug in the build
> automation.
>
> The lib folder was changed a few days ago by Craig Barratt, mentioning
> significant changes.
>
> I will create an issue with these notes, and link it to the wiki.
>
> Best regards,
> Johan Ehnberg

The issue report:
https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/45

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