[Samba] Upgrading samba from source over debian packages

[Marc Muehlfeld]

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