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1. Download the dar source and all depends {{{ apt-get build-dep dar

apt-get source dar }}}

1. Download everything else you need {{{ apt-get install python-dev swig autoconf automake1.9

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1. go to source directory {{{ cd dar-2.3.0

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1. get the patch from [http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=131569filename=dar-python-0.1.0-cvs-2.4.0.patch&47448731 here]

2. apply the patch {{{ patch -p0 < /path/to/dar-python-*.patch

}}} (Ignore the fail, it doesn't matter)

1. Prepare everything so that you compile it {{{aclocal -I m4

autoconf }}}

1. configure it {{{ ./configure --with-python

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1. compile it {{{ make

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• 8.1 It fails, just do {{{ make

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1. install everything where you want it to be
   • 9.1 for a quick test, you can copy the libdar/.libs/libdar.so.4 to /usr/lib/ and go to libdar/bindings/swig/python and run python -c 'from dar import archive' if everything is ok, you'll see {{{ DEBUG: Loading python bindings

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TODO

fix the build error