I recently switched to iDrive for my backup needs but couldn’t work out how to get it running on Linux. iDrive provide a series of scripts for Debian machines but this is obviously no good for non Debian systems (using Nixos here). I read about a method of hacking the scripts so they think you’re running Debian, but this didn’t work. Anyway, I eventually figured it out and thought I’d share the workaround here in case it’s useful to anyone. The solution is to use Distrobox. Just set up a Debian box there and run the scripts as described. It took me 2-3 goes to get the dependencies installed but now it’s all great and working as intended. Good luck, fellow iDrive users.
You can get the scripts and use them directly. See https://www.idrive.com/readme for details. You don’t need Distrobox or anything else.
I have this working on Fedora no problems. Also their customer service is fully supportive and able to answer questions regarding Linux if you need help too, they may even alter the scripts for you if it isn’t working on Nixos if you ask nicely.
Yeah I think it works on Fedora ok. I spoke to customer service, but they told me I was out of luck with Nixos.
Glad to see you found a solution then that works.
To use the native scripts I guess you’d probably have to package it correctly to work with Nixos as it needs Perl which I didn’t consider earlier.