I am runninng rsync on Ubuntu. It was installed using apt-get install rysnc. I note that the package has not yet been updated to rysnc 3.0. I would like to update using the tar but I am confused how to update the existing installation. On this machine, I am mainly using rsync to send to a cwrsync server (which I have updated already). Can I just overwrite the rsync executable? Any help appreciated. I am not familar with tar installations. Many thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/update-rysnc-3.0-on-ubuntu-7-tp15848920p15848920.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
On Wed 05 Mar 2008, dfirth wrote:> I am runninng rsync on Ubuntu. It was installed using apt-get install rysnc. > I note that the package has not yet been updated to rysnc 3.0. > I would like to update using the tar but I am confused how to update the > existing installation.Depending on what the versions of the dependent packages are, you may be able to use the .deb from Debian; see http://packages.debian.org/unstable/rsync Paul Slootman
On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 04:24 -0800, dfirth wrote:> I am runninng rsync on Ubuntu. It was installed using apt-get install rysnc. > I note that the package has not yet been updated to rysnc 3.0. > I would like to update using the tar but I am confused how to update the > existing installation. > On this machine, I am mainly using rsync to send to a cwrsync server (which > I have updated already). Can I just overwrite the rsync executable?Yes, that's the idea, but that might upset the package manager a bit. It might be better to copy the new executable to /usr/local/bin where it should take priority over the old one without actually overwriting it. Matt