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mrrfv / open-android-backup

Back up your device without vendor lock-ins, using insecure software or root. Supports encryption and compression out of the box. Works cross-platform.
http://openandroidbackup.me/
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Feature request: check for required apps before starting a backup #80

Closed byron-hawkins closed 1 year ago

byron-hawkins commented 1 year ago

not device or system related

Describe the issue below.

When backup.sh begins a backup with required apps missing on the destination platform, it unleashes a massive stream of errors that are not particularly intuitive. For example, when pv is missing, tar subsequently complains that the file does not appear to be a tar (because actually there is no such file, since there was no pv to complete that step).

Would it be possible to check for the presence of required apps before the backup starts, and simply tell the user that app X must be installed first? In my case, I did run the specified dnf command, but for some reason it didn't actually do the installations until I deliberately installed them one at a time, each with a separate dnf command.

mrrfv commented 1 year ago

Fixed, thanks for the suggestion!