Re: [rdiff-backup-users] error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Wilson,

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008, Wilson Azevedo wrote:

> I'm a Linux (Xandros Debian Etch, on an Asus EeePC) novice user and need 
> help to upgrade rdiff-backup to version 1.1.6 or 1.1.7. The version 
> 1.1.5 I've installed from debian.org repository has a bug in working 
> with Samba mounted windows file systems as well as sshfs mounted remote 
> folders -- where I need to place the backup copies from my EeePC.
> 
> I've downloaded the 1.1.6 package and seen that it is in fact a set of 
> scripts in Python. So I've followed the instructions from the README 
> file in order to install it and got an error message talking about a 
> program called "gcc". I went to Synaptic and found gcc in Debian 
> repository, marked it for install and applyed. Then I've run again the 
> python setup.py install script and got the error messages below. What 
> should I do? Is there something else that need to be done before 
> installing rdiff-backup on my EeePC? As I told you, this EeePC is my 
> first linux computer and I'm still learning to use its basic features 
> and resources.

You'll need python-dev and librsync-dev packages as well.

Cheers, Chris.
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