From c08c934c021a5fd5f561b23d4ee6cb5b90a63118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lamprecht Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 17:28:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add basic info for how to install the statically linked client To have something in the docs. In the long run we want a somewhat fancy and safe mechanism to host these builds directly on the CDN and implement querying that for updates, verified with a backed in public key, but for starters this very basic docs has to suffice. We could also describe how to extract the client from the .deb through `ar` or `dpkg -x`, but that feels a bit to hacky for the docs, maybe better explained on-demand in the forum or the like. Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht --- docs/installation.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index dd09a1e9..e129a621 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -138,7 +138,26 @@ you need to run: # apt update # apt install proxmox-backup-client -.. note:: The client-only repository should be usable by most recent Debian and - Ubuntu derivatives. +Install Statically Linked Proxmox Backup Client +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Proxmox provides a statically linked build of the Proxmox backup client that +should run on any modern x86-64 Linux system. + +It is currently available as a Debian package. After configuring the +:ref:`package_repositories_client_only_apt`, you need to run: + +.. code-block:: console + + # apt update + # apt install proxmox-backup-client-static + +This package conflicts with the `proxmox-backup-client` package, as both +provide the client as an executable in the `/usr/bin/proxmox-backup-client` +path. + +You can copy this executable to other, e.g. non-Debian based Linux systems. + +For details on using the Proxmox Backup Client, see :ref:`client_usage`. .. include:: package-repositories.rst