Am 23.07.2011 10:43, schrieb Vincent Richomme:
On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:30:23 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:
Am 23.07.2011 10:21, schrieb Vincent Richomme:
Hi,
I am running a server under Ubuntu 11.04(natty) and I would like to install a 2.x version but unfortunately the only package available is 1.2.15. Of course I could compile and install from sources but I would prefer to handle packages because it's a lot simpler and cleaner. After some research I found some debian packages available here : http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/
So my question is would it be possible to recompile the source package to make a ubuntu one ? Or maybe could I install directly the debian package (but I suppose dependencies are not the same ...). If someone has already an experience with that and couls share his experience. Still don't understand why distros don't use dovecot 2.x ? Is it considered still as unstable ?
Thanks
i always recompile dove 2.x http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/dovecot-2.0/ use on lucid server, no problems so far
dont know why 2.x is tagged as unstable elsewhere ask distro pack mantainer
Thanks for answering. I am not an expert in package management so how can I regenerate a ubuntu package. Should I download dovecot_2.0.13.orig.tar.gz and dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+61.debian.tar.gz archive, decompress them and put debian folder inside source folder ? And after what kind of magic line should I enter to regenerate a package(I already have installed all packages described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete) ?
ok do it like this
mkdir /usr/src/dovecot_2.0.13 cd /usr/src/dovecot_2.0.13 download i.e wget ... dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.changes wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24.debian.tar.gz wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24.dsc wget ....dovecot_2.0.13-0~auto+24_i386.changes wget ....dovecot_2.0.13.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source -x *.dsc
cd dovecot-2.0.13/ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
( get coffee, this needs time ) cd .. ls *.deb should give you i.e dovecot-common_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-imapd_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-mysql_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-sqlite_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-dbg_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-ldap_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-pgsql_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-dev_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-lmtpd_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-pop3d_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-gssapi_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-managesieved_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb dovecot-sieve_2.0.13-0~auto+24_amd64.deb
dpkg -i *.deb
you also need all depended libs for dovecot build and dpkg building dont remember this all, but should be no problem if you are familar with apt
you might also try install directly downloaded deb guess they will work out of the box at natty ( or maybe with additional few apt-gets ) you havent install all deps, perhaps you dont need ldap or sql etc
sorry in a hurry now
Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
Germany/Munich/Bavaria