> I have downloaded the tar from the samba site and i am basically following 
> the install procedure where it is said that if you come from a tar, bypass 
> step 1, execute step 2. That's my case... Am I wrong ?
> Here is the howto file:
> 
> Step 1: download Samba4
> -----------------------
> 
> If you have downloaded the Samba4 code via a tarball released from the
> samba.org website, Step 1 has already been completed for you.  For testing
> with the version released in the tarball, you may continue on to Step 2.  Note
> that the references below to the top-level directory named "samba4" will
> instead be based on the name of the tarball downloaded (e.g.
> "samba-4.0.0alpha3" for the tarball samba-4.0.0alpha3.tar.gz).
> 
> There are 2 methods of doing this:
> 
>   method 1:  "rsync -avz samba.org::ftp/unpacked/samba_4_0_test/ samba4"
> 
>   method 2:  "git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git samba4; cd samba4 && 
> git checkout -b v4-0-test origin/v4-0-test; cd .."
> 
> both methods will create a directory called "samba4" in the current
> directory. If you don't have rsync or git then install one of them. 
> 
> Since only released versions of Samba contain a pregenerated configure 
> script, 
> you will have to generate it by hand::
> 
>  $ cd samba4/source
>  $ ./autogen.sh
> 
> Note that the above rsync command will give you a checked out git
> repository. So if you also have git you can update it to the latest
> version at some future date using::
> 
>   $ cd samba4
>   $ git pull origin v4-0-test
> 
> Step 2: compile Samba4
> ----------------------
> 
> Recommended optional development libraries:
> - acl and xattr development libraries
> - gnutls
> - readline
> 
> Run this::
> 
>   $ cd samba4/source
>   $ ./configure
>   $ make
> 
> Step 3: install Samba4
> ----------------------
> 
> Run this as a user who have permission to write to the install
> directory (defaults to /usr/local/samba). Use --prefix option to
> configure above to change this.
> 
> ::
>  
>   # make install
> 
> 
> 
> 
Alain


Le 17 août 2010 à 22:20, Mark Post a écrit :

>>>> On 8/17/2010 at 04:04 PM, Alain Benveniste <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> I took a look in the archive and SAMBA topics seem very old... There is a 
>> link on the IBM site with 
>> nothing behind... I would like to know if someone realized a complete 
>> install of Samba or if it is imply 
>> impossible... I am in the step where I have to execute the ./configure but I 
> 
> This tells me you're trying to build Samba from source, not install it.  Do 
> you really want to do that?  If so, why not use the version shipped with your 
> distribution?
> 
> 
> Mark Post

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