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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html index ee8f968..076c107 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html +++ b/rdiff-backup/FAQ-body.html @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ syntax". What's happening?</a></li> <li><a href="#remove_dir">My backup set contains some files that I just realized I don't want/need backed up. How do I remove them from the backup volume to save space?</li> -<li><a href="#redhat">How do I install the RPMs on Redhat linux system?</a></li> - <li><a href="#solaris">Does rdiff-backup work under Solaris?</a></li> <li><a href="#speed">How fast is rdiff-backup? Can it be run on large @@ -186,33 +184,6 @@ rm /backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/usr/local.*.dir</pre> </li> <P> -<a name="redhat"> -<li><strong>How do I install the RPMs on a Redhat linux system?</strong> - -<P>The problem is that the default version of python for Redhat 7.x is -1.5.x, and rdiff-backup requires python >= 2.2. Redhat/rawhide -provides python 2.2 RPMs, but they are packaged under the "python2" -name. - -<P>So, if you are running Redhat 7.x: - -<ol> -<li>Make sure the python2 >= 2.2 package is installed, -leaving python 1.5 the way it is -<li>Install the rdiff-backup RPM, using --nodeps if it only complains - about python 2.2 missing. -<li>Edit the first line of /usr/bin/rdiff-backup so it says<pre> -#!/usr/bin/env python2 -</pre> -so "python2" gets run instead of "python". -</ol> - -<P>You can also upgrade using a non-Redhat python 2.2 RPM and avoid -the above steps (this is what I did). Because of all the dependencies -it is usually easier to use source RPMs for this. -</li> - -<P> <a name="solaris"> <li><strong>Does rdiff-backup work under Solaris?</strong> |