Subj : Help needed with new install
To   : all
From : Mark Acierno
Date : Fri Jan 02 2026 08:55 pm

I was hoping that someone here would be able to help me out. I am trying other
install Synchronet on a Pi 5 with a M.2 HAT+. running the latest Pi OS
(64-bit). I am using the directions found here: [https://wiki.synchro.net/howto
:raspbian_install](https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install)

everything seems to be running well until I issue "make -f install-sbbs.mk
SYMLINK=1" which runs for quite some time and then produces the following
error:  
filedat.c:36:10: fatal error: archive.h: No such file or directory
    36 | #include <archive.h>
       |          ^~~~~~~~~~~
Any thoughts? Are there a different set of install instructions I should be
following - or is there an easy fix for this error. 
Thanks in advance!

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