[Dovecot] Upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 on Debian

Gedalya gedalya at gedalya.net
Sun Oct 20 19:11:32 EEST 2013


You need the libmysqlclient-dev package if you want to compile something 
with mysql. Did you install it?


On 10/20/2013 11:27 AM, Lucas Rothamel - Eye Catching Webdesign wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently running Dovecot 2.1 on current Debian and need to 
> upgrade to 2.2 to use the replication features.
>
> I understand that I therefore need to compile Dovecot myself. I am 
> using a MySQL database for users authentication, therefore I need to 
> compile Dovecot with mysql support:
> *./configure --with-mysql*
> Unfortunately this terminates with:
> *configure: error: Can't build with MySQL support: libmysqlclient not 
> found*
>
> I installed libmysqlclient from debian repos, but it does not help.
>
> Also, how do I then connect the newly installed dovecot to my existing 
> /etc/init.d/dovecot script?
>
> Thank you.
> Lucas
>



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