RsyncProject/rsync

Take note of the steps below for patching across different Linux distros:

Distros based on Debian (Ubuntu, Debian)

Check the repos for updates 

sudo apt update

Update rsync:

sudo apt install --only-upgrade rsync

After updating, check your version of rsync:

rsync --version

 If the version in the repository is outdated, install build dependencies:

sudo apt install build-essential wget libssl-dev -y

Download the latest rsync source code:

wget https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.0.tar.gz

Extract the package and compile:

tar -xzf rsync-3.4.0.tar.gz cd rsync-3.4.0 ./configure make sudo make install

Finally, once you have installed, verify the rsync version:

rsync --version

Distros based on RHEL (CentOS, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Fedora)

You can use DNF or Yum to update:

sudo yum update rsync

sudo dnf update rsync

Finally, chjeck the version of rsync:

rsync --version

sudo yum install epel-release -y

sudo yum install rsync

Build from Source

If the repository version is still outdated, follow the same steps as in the Debian instructions for compiling from source.

Distros based on Arch (Arch Linux, Manjaro)

sudo pacman -Syu rsync

rsync --version

If rsync 3.4.0 is not yet in the official Arch repositories, use the AUR (Arch User Repo) or you can also compile it from source like the other distros we have mentioned.

Distros based on SUSE (openSUSE, SLES)

You can update your system packages and update rsync:

sudo zypper refresh sudo zypper update rsync

Check the version of rsync:

rsync --version

Hopefully, this cheat sheet of update commands and building from source will help those looking to update their rsync environment.