- cd /var/tmp/
- curl -O //www.tarsnap.com/download/tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.31.tgz (or actually the latest version from //www.tarsnap.com/download.html)
- sudo apt-get install gcc e2fslibs-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev make
- cd tarsnap-autoconf-1.0.31 (directory name corresponding to the downloaded tarball)
- ./configure && make && sudo make install
- sudo tarsnap-keygen –keyfile /root/tarsnap.key –user username –machine machinename (note that my blog converts two dashes to a single long dash so you need to edit this line after cut & paste)
- sudo cp /usr/local/etc/tarsnap.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/tarsnap.conf
- sudo vim /usr/local/etc/tarsnap.conf (if you need to edit any options)