[Samba] Upgrading samba from source over debian packages

[Elias Pereira]

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