INSTALLATION: Thank you for trying rdiff-backup. To install, run: python setup.py install The build process can be also be run separately: python setup.py build The default prefix is /usr, so files are put in /usr/bin, /usr/share/man/, etc. An alternate prefix can be specified using the --prefix= option. For example: python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local The setup script expects to find librsync headers and libraries in the default location, usually /usr/include and /usr/lib. If you want the setup script to check different locations, use the --librsync-dir switch or the LIBRSYNC_DIR environment variable. For instance, python setup.py --librsync-dir=/usr/local build instructs the setup program to look in /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib for the librsync files. Finally, the --lflags and --libs options, and the LFLAGS and LIBS environment variables are also recognized. Running setup.py with no arguments will display some help. More information about using setup.py and how rdiff-backup is installed is available from the Python guide, Installing Python Modules for System Administrators, located at http://docs.python.org/inst/inst.html, particularly Section 4. To build from source on Windows, you can use the command: python setup.py py2exe --single-file to build a single executable file which contains Python, librsync, and all required modules. REQUIREMENTS: Remember that you must have Python 2.2 or later and librsync 0.9.7 or later installed. For Python, see http://www.python.org. The rdiff-backup homepage at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org/ should have a recent version of librsync; otherwise see the librsync homepage at http://librsync.sourceforge.net/. On Windows, you must have the Python for Windows extensions installed if you are building from source. The extensions can be downloaded from: http://pywin32.sourceforge.net/ If you are not building from source on Windows, you do not need Python or librsync; they are bundled with the executable. For remote operation, rdiff-backup should be installed and in the PATH on remote system(s) (see man page for more information). On Windows, if you are using the provided .exe binary, you must have an SSH package installed for remote operation. The python modules pylibacl and pyxattr are optional. If they are installed and in the default pythonpath, rdiff-backup will support access control lists and user extended attributes, provided the file system(s) also support these features. Pylibacl and pyxattr can be downloaded from http://pylibacl.sourceforge.net/ and http://pyxattr.sourceforge.net/. Mac OS X users need a different pyxattr module, which can be downloaded from http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/xattr If you want to use rdiff-backup-statistics, you must have Python 2.4 or later. TROUBLESHOOTING: If you have everything installed properly, and it still doesn't work, see the enclosed FAQ.html, the web page at http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org, the Wiki at: http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org, and/or the mailing list. The FAQ in particular is an important reference, especially if you are using smbfs/CIFS, Windows, or have compiled by hand on Mac OS X.