Re: [Bacula-users] Ubuntu 10.10 Install Script

[Venkatesh K R. <ven...@ka...>]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Mehma Sarja <meh...@gm...> wrote:

> On 6/30/11 2:34 PM, Konstantin Khomoutov wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:04:34AM -0700, Mehma Sarja wrote:
> >
> >> I submit to you an updated Ubuntu 10.10 install script which works for
> >> me on a 64 bit machine.
> > [...]
> >
> > What's wrong with `aptitude install bacula`?
> > In case you desperately need 5.0.3 over 5.0.2 from meerkat, what's wrong
> > with backporting a 5.0.3 package from a more recent OS release?
> >
> I did not know that existed. But there are a couple of things wrong with
> apt-get install bacula. The choices are confusing and the hit and miss
> approach leaves a broken install. apt-get install selects some odd
> places to put bacula config files. I could not find any control files,
> eg bacula-ctl-dir, on the system. I could not get postgresql to switch
> modes to sql_ascii from utf8. I don't know what a "postgresql server
> dev" package installs other than to satisfy the libpq need. What a
> headache to save typing a few commands and compile the thing.
>
> Besides a native compile is always good, eh? It is clean and simple and
> you control what functionality to compile in. It also gives one some
> practice skills for when the time cometh and we go looking for the usr
> local etc directory to run the upgrade commands.
>
> The way package dependencies are handled in Ubuntu can be bit confusing at
times.

I have Bacula installed in 10.10 and I find all the configuration files in
"/etc/bacula". You can find state files in "/var/lib/bacula" and log in
"/var/lob/bacula".

I am using MySQL though.

Thanks,

Venkatesh K