gesher Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Hi, I am trying to upgrade bittorrent sync on my drobo 5n, and it's not working, so I want to make sure I'm using the correct version of sync. The one I've been trying is 1.3.94 (ARM) from http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/downloads/complete/os/arm. Has anyone installed this on a drobo? Or is there a different version that I should be using? Which method did you use to install it - ssh or placing it in the droboapps folder and restarting? I'd previously been using version 1.0.132, which I downloaded from http://www.droboports.com/app-repository/btsync-1-0-132/drobo5n. I installed this by putting in droboapps and restarting. Syncing with that version only worked one-way: from folders on the drobo to folders on other computers; I could never get syncing to work two ways (I figured I'd need to upgrade to the latest version before I'd be able to address that problem). Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Replacing the executable for the package you have already via ssh would be the way to install it. Their package is VERY outdated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gesher Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Harold, thanks for such a fast reply. I was hoping to avoid having to do this the ssh way, but I guess I'm up for a challenge. I've managed to install openssh on my drobo, use terminal to log in as root and change my password. Once I'm logged in, I can navigate to the correct folder using the cd command. Separately, I can use the cp command in terminal to copy a file from one place on my computer to another. What I can't figure out how to do is copy the btsync executable from where it's sitting on my computer to where it needs to be on my drobo. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 If you're controlling from a windows machine, winscp might be a bit more comfortable for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gesher Posted May 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Nope, from a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Feit Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 filezilla for mac might give you something close. Drag-and-drop placement depending on if you get it set up right. otherwise, kill the btsync process and cp the executable over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gesher Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I got the hint about sftp and tried filezilla. Logged in fine, copied the file, rebooted the drobo. Then... nothing. Drobo has restarted, but I can't reconnect to it in drobo dashboard, can't ssh back in, can't get in via filezilla either. So now I'm a little concerned.Update: Never mind! It just took a disturbingly long time to boot and get all loaded up. I was able to check out bittorrent sync and I did successfully update versions! Thank you for your help!Another update: Original problem was that bittorrent sync 1.0.132 on my drobo was maddeningly almost-not-quite-working: I managed to get it to sync from the drobo to other computers, but no real two-way sync. I can now confirm that version 1.3.94 on my drobo works perfectly. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benguild Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 If it crashes you might need to dump the data directory and start over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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