[Samba] Switching to 64 bit version in existing DC server.

[Luis Peromarta]

I had this problem some time ago. i was able to crossgrade 32 to 64 and it wasn’t too bad.

HOWTO:

 https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading
https://ewen.mcneill.gen.nz/blog/entry/2018-06-20-debian-i386-to-amd64-crossgrade/

https://stbuehler.de/blog/article/2017/06/28/debian_stretch__upgrade_32-bit_to_64-bit.html


On 7 Mar 2025 at 18:38 +0000, Virgo Pärna via samba <samba at lists.samba.org>, wrote:
> On 07.03.2025 17:17, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
> >
> > Not sure I fully understand this, surely if you are going to install a
> > 64bit version of Samba, it will be on a 64bit OS ?
> >
>
> Since server has 32 bit Debian with amd64 kernel, I thought, that I
> could install samba under foreign amd64 architecture. Unfortunately
> python dependencies stopped that. Even after replacing python with 64
> bit version, other architecture python any packages still wanted 32 bit
> version.
>
> Reinstalling 64 bit server is not currently possible...
>
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