Welcome to CrashPlan for Linux!
To unpack the downloaded tar archive:
tar -xzf CrashPlan*_Linux.tgz
Check that cpio is available:
which cpio
When "which:" states "no cpio in (...)" then install the package providing cpio.
pacman -S cpio (Arch Linux example, modify this command for your Linux distro)
To install CrashPlan go to the unpacked directory and run the installer there:
cd CrashPlan*install && ./install.sh
and follow the instructions. An example is shown below:
Welcome to the CrashPlan Installer.
Press enter to continue with installation.
Validating environment...
detected root permissions
which: no java in (/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
No Java VM could be found in your path
Would you like to download the JRE and dedicate it to CrashPlan? (y/n) [y]
jre will be downloaded
You must review and agree to the EULA before installation.
Press enter to read the EULA.
CODE 42 END USER LICENSE AND SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (CRASHPLAN PRO/CRASHPLAN PROe)
...
Do you accept and agree to be bound by the EULA? (yes/no) yes
What parent directory do you wish to install CrashPlan into? [/usr/local]
/usr/local/crashplan does not exist. Create /usr/local/crashplan? (y/n) [y]
What directory do you wish to link the CrashPlan executable to? [/usr/local/bin]
What directory do you wish to store backups in? [/usr/local/var/crashplan]
What directory contains your SYSV init scripts? [/etc/init.d]
What directory contains your runlevel init links? [/etc/rc.d]
Your selections:
CrashPlan will install to: /usr/local/crashplan
And put links to binaries in: /usr/local/bin
And store datas in: /usr/local/var/crashplan
Your init.d dir is: /etc/init.d
Your current runlevel directory is: /etc/rc.d
Is this correct? (y/n) [y]
downloading the JRE using wget
--2024-01-25 20:43:48-- https://download.probackup.nl/install/linux/jre/jre-7u45-linux-x64.tgz
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Resolving download.probackup.nl (download.probackup.nl)...
Connecting to download.probackup.nl (download.probackup.nl)... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 46843538 (45M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: 'jre-7u45-linux-x64.tgz'
jre-7u45-linux-x64.tgz 100%[==========================================================================================>] 44.67M 7.80MB/s in 5.4s
2024-01-25 20:43:54 (8.20 MB/s) - 'jre-7u45-linux-x64.tgz' saved [46843538/46843538]
Java Installed.
Unpacking /root/CrashPlanPROe-install/./CrashPlanPROe_3.6.5.cpi ...
47998 blocks
Starting CrashPlan Engine ... Using standard startup
OK
CrashPlan has been installed and the Service has been started automatically.
Press Enter to complete installation.
Important directories:
Installation:
/usr/local/crashplan
Logs:
/usr/local/crashplan/log
Default archive location:
/usr/local/var/crashplan
Start Scripts:
sudo /usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start|stop
/usr/local/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanDesktop
You can run the CrashPlan Desktop UI locally as your own user or connect
a remote Desktop UI to this Service via port-forwarding and manage it
remotely. Instructions for remote management are in the readme files
placed in your installation directory:
/usr/local/crashplan/doc
To start the Desktop UI:
/usr/local/bin/CrashPlanDesktop
Installation is complete. Thank you for installing CrashPlan for Linux.