Subj : Help needed with new install
To   : Mark Acierno
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jan 03 2026 04:58 am

  Re: Help needed with new install 
  By: Mark Acierno to all  on 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.

You need to install the libarchive-dev prerequisite which is listed on https://wiki.synchro.net/install:nix:prerequisites and linked to from that wiki page you posted.
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