samba - Sep 2016 - Upgrading samba from source over debian packages

Hello,

We have samba 4.1.17 installed via debian package and would like to install
the latest version 4.5 from source.

 It's possible to perform this upgrade over the packages? If so, what the
paths used in the installation via debian packages?

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Elias Pereira

Hello Elias,

Am 27.09.2016 um 18:16 schrieb Elias Pereira via samba:
> We have samba 4.1.17 installed via debian package and would like to install
> the latest version 4.5 from source.
> 
>  It's possible to perform this upgrade over the packages? If so, what
the
> paths used in the installation via debian packages?

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_Source#Viewing_Built_Options_of_an_Existing_Installation

Pass the paths as options to the 'configure' script. See --help.

Don't forget to uninstall the packages before running 'make
install'.
Otherwise you risk that a Debian update overrides your setup or getting
dependency problems.


Regards,
Marc

Hello Marc,

Thanks for the fast answer!!!

Don't forget to uninstall the packages before running 'make
install'.
> Otherwise you risk that a Debian update overrides your setup or getting
> dependency problems.

Maybe, it would be nice to put on the wiki that step regarding uninstall
the old packages version. I believe that a good portion of users unaware
that step. :)


On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Marc Muehlfeld <mmuehlfeld at samba.org>
wrote:
> Hello Elias,
>
> Am 27.09.2016 um 18:16 schrieb Elias Pereira via samba:
> > We have samba 4.1.17 installed via debian package and would like to
> install
> > the latest version 4.5 from source.
> >
> >  It's possible to perform this upgrade over the packages? If so,
what the
> > paths used in the installation via debian packages?
>
>
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_Source#
> Viewing_Built_Options_of_an_Existing_Installation
>
> Pass the paths as options to the 'configure' script. See --help.
>
> Don't forget to uninstall the packages before running 'make
install'.
> Otherwise you risk that a Debian update overrides your setup or getting
> dependency problems.
>
>
> Regards,
> Marc
>


-- 
Elias Pereira

On 2016-09-27 13:31, Marc Muehlfeld via samba wrote:
> Hello Elias,
> 
> Am 27.09.2016 um 18:16 schrieb Elias Pereira via samba: 
> 
>> We have samba 4.1.17 installed via debian package and would like to
install
>> the latest version 4.5 from source.
>> 
>> It's possible to perform this upgrade over the packages? If so,
what the
>> paths used in the installation via debian packages?
> 
>
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_Source#Viewing_Built_Options_of_an_Existing_Installation
> 
> Pass the paths as options to the 'configure' script. See --help.
> 
> Don't forget to uninstall the packages before running 'make
install'.
> Otherwise you risk that a Debian update overrides your setup or getting
> dependency problems.
> 
> Regards,
> Marc
When it comes to compiling from source I have just begun learning the
"ins and outs" as they say. Now . . . here is a real newbie question,
sorry but I don't know. What happens when said distro comes along with
their own upgrade? Let's just say the distro comes along with version
4.4.5 upgrade, for example, is my version 4.5.0 from source installed to
their paths ignored? As in left alone . . . as in their upgrade does not
"mess up" my compiled installation?

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