Install FFS on Ubuntu 16.04 Help

[wagb278]

I run Ubuntu-MATE 16.04 LTS and want to install FFS 8.1 to use. The PPA method fails to install; below is what I used: There doesn't seem to be a Ubuntu xenial directory in the PPA site. Terminal session in attached file.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freefilesync


I downloaded the "FreeFileSync_8.1_Ubuntu_16.04_64-bit.tar.gz" file and extracted the files but there is no Install script. Opening the FreeFileSync executable in the extracted files directory (in my Downloads directory) does run the application and it appears to work - but I want a launcher in my Applications Menu and the configuration file does not seem to exist (~.freefilesync). So although I have the application - it is not installed on my system. How do I run an Install so FFS is registered in my system properly?

Thanks!

[Ellul]

You could install freefilesync 7.9 from http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/getdeb_apps/xenial/apps/getdeb/freefilesync , make sure it runs, and later replace the binaries with those from the extracted 8.2 zip using something like

mkdir ~/FFSbackup

sudo cp /usr/bin/{FreeFileSync,RealTimeSync} ~/FFSbackup

sudo rm /usr/bin/{FreeFileSync,RealTimeSync}

sudo mv ~/Downloads/FreeFileSync/{FreeFileSync,RealTimeSync} /usr/bin

sudo cp -R ~/Downloads/FreeFileSync /usr/share/


assuming you have the extracted the freefilesync 8.2 in ~/Downloads

[wagb278]

Thanks Ellul,
Knowing where the various files need to reside for proper installation helps. My 7.9 version of FFS does work.