Sorry... but where is the pre-built code that would come in the distribution ? 
Does it mean I should use a server in tcpip like NFS ? I am a bit lost...

 
Le 17 août 2010 à 22:34, Mark Pace a écrit :

> Mark's question was WHY are you building from source?  Why not use the 
> pre-built code that came with your distribution?
> 
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Alain Benveniste <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mark D Pace 
> Senior Systems Engineer 
> Mainline Information Systems 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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