Upgraded Ubuntu to 24.04, but now rdiffweb no longer works

[John Lintern]

I have upgraded Ubuntu to 24.04 (from 22.04) but now rdiffweb no longer works

Is rdiffweb not compatible with this version of Ubuntu ?

If not, when will there be an update of rdiffweb that is compatible ?

[Patrik Dufresne]

Hello John,

Thanks for reaching rdiffweb google groups.

> I have upgraded Ubuntu to 24.04 (from 22.04) but now rdiffweb no longer works

Sorry for that inconvenience. I'm not really tracking Ubuntu versions every 6 months. I'm better at tracking Debian releases.

I will make the required changes to build and test Rdiffweb. I'm not expecting any issues honestly.

Could you test this development package ?

https://nexus.ikus-soft.com/repository/apt-dev-noble/pool/r/rdiffweb/rdiffweb_2.9.5.dev1%2Bg82420bf%2Bdfsg-1ubuntu24.04_all.deb

If you confirm it's working well for you, I will create a new release.

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[Patrik Dufresne]

Hello John,

Did you manage to fix your problem ?

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[John Lintern]

Hi Patrik

Sorry for the delay I've only just seen your reply.

I managed to get it working with someones help from Ubuntu forums.

This is how they told me to fix it:

1. If the source is gone re add it:

sudo curl -L https://www.ikus-soft.com/archive/rdiffweb/public.key | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/rdiffweb-keyring.gpg

2. Now add the Repo:

sudo echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/rdiffweb-keyring.gpg] https://nexus.ikus-soft.com/repository/apt-release-$(lsb_release -sc)/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rdiffweb.list

3. Now remove:

apt remove python3-sqlalchemy

4. Now install the right package for rdiffweb:

wget http://ports.ubuntu.com/pool/main/s/sqlalchemy/python3-sqlalchemy_1.3.12+ds1-1ubuntu2_all.deb

5. Now the install:

apt install rdiffweb

Thanks

john

[Patrik Dufresne]

Hello John,

Thanks for following up on this.

I'm glad you figured out the problem and found a solution. Still, I'm not sure to understand why all of this would be required. I'm back from vacation, I will try to do something this week.

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rdiffweb/abd1e38f-0c97-4403-8b8b-f2b4bad11e89n%40googlegroups.com.

[Patrik Dufresne]

I took the time today to do a full install of ubuntu:20.04, then install rdiffweb and upgrade to 24.04 LTS. Here all the steps:

1. Install Ubuntu (I used a docker image).

2. Install Rdiffweb according to documentation:

apt install lsb-release
curl -L https://www.ikus-soft.com/archive/rdiffweb/public.key | gpg --dearmor > /usr/share/keyrings/rdiffweb-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/rdiffweb-keyring.gpg] https://nexus.ikus-soft.com/repository/apt-release-$(lsb_release -sc)/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rdiffweb.list
apt update
apt install rdiffweb

3. Upgrade all package to latest version
apt dist-upgrade -y

4. Upgrade Ubuntu to 24.04 LTS. Dont use do-release-upgrade because it's not responsible to upgrade non-ubuntu repos. So following Debian upgrade instruction:

sed -i 's/jammy/noble/g' /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
apt update
apt upgrade
apt dist-upgrade
apt autoremove

That's about it. Rdiffweb gets upgraded and restarted.

If you think it's useful, I could add this to the Rdiffweb documentation.