Requirements

s3backer requires the following additional packages:

On various different systems, these may be already installed and/or have different package names.

Requirements On Ubuntu

This should be all that's required for Ubuntu:

$ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libfuse-dev libexpat1-dev

Requirements On Mac OS X

Versions of s3backer prior to 1.3.1 rely on the MacPorts package infrastructure. First, install MacPorts itself, then use MacPorts to install the other missing requirements:

$ sudo port install pkgconfig fuse

s3backer versions 1.3.1 and later do not require MacPorts. Instead, install MacFUSE using the .dmg installer. You can install pkg-config any way you like (including using MacPorts) as long as the ./configure script can find it on your $PATH.

Then follow the instructions below for Building And Installing From Source except you'll need to run the ./configure script like this:

$ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure

NOTE: MacFUSE 2.0.3 has a bug. You should enable "Show beta versions" in the MacFUSE system preferences widget and update to version 2.1.5 or later.

NOTE: If you still get errors, edit /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/fuse.pc and change the -lfuse to -lfuse_ino64, then reconfigure and rebuild:

$ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ./configure
$ perl -p -i -e 's/-lfuse/-lfuse_ino64/g' Makefile
$ make clean && make
$ sudo make install

See also Issue #19.

Installing Using Pre-Built RPMs

If you are running openSUSE or a few other Linux variants, you can find pre-built RPMs on the openSUSE build server here.

Building And Installing From Source

Like lots of other software packages, s3backer uses GNU Autoconf for its build process so once you have installed the other required packages, building and installing s3backer is usually as easy as:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

FUSE Configuration

If you want to allow normal users to mount s3backer filesystems, you need to add the user_allow_other option to /etc/fuse.conf. It must be on a line by itself.

For example:

$ sudo sh -c 'echo user_allow_other >> /etc/fuse.conf'