[BackupPC-users] Restore backuppc installation (localhost) from existing backuppc backups

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The host running backuppc on my network had its root drive fail.

The actual backup storage was on an external drive which I had mounted on /var/lib/backuppc

That external drive is still healthy.  I remember spending a lot of time getting backuppc to work just right and dread starting over.  Since the external drive includes the backup for localhost (the former box running backuppc), it should include a backup for /etc/backuppc and the config.pl file (I forget which directories I set for backup for localhost; hopefully I included /etc).  

It seems there should be a way I can extract my now-lost /etc/backuppc/config.pl and other files in that directory.  I am hoping I can install backuppc fresh, then grab the /etc/backuppc files from the external drive, and swap them in.  Is this possible?

The names on the files on the external drive are all user-unfriendly.