How to upgrade SquirrelMail

Hi folks,


Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64
Squirrelmai 1.4.11


The package was downloaded on Squirrel website sometimes ago when it was not available on repo. It is working w/o problem.

$ sudo find / -name squirrelmail

Code:

/usr/local/squirrelmail
/var/local/squirrelmail
/etc/cron.daily/squirrelmail
/etc/squirrelmail

Now I found the package available on repo.

$ apt-cache policy squirrelmail

Code:

squirrelmail:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:1.4.9a-1ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
     2:1.4.9a-1ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:1.4.9a-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages

Please advise how to upgrade it to the lattest version? TIA


B.R.
satimis

 

I use the SVN version of it for keeping up to date.

 

Could you please provide more detail how to achieve it? TIA


I have subversion installed here.


$ apt-cache policy subversion

Code:

subversion:
  Installed: 1.4.3dfsg1-1ubuntu1.2
  Candidate: 1.4.3dfsg1-1ubuntu1.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.3dfsg1-1ubuntu1.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.4.3dfsg1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages

$ which svn

Code:

/usr/bin/svn

SquirrelMail has been running here more than one year. I can't recall exactly how I installed it. IIRC I download its package on its website.


B.R.
satimis

 

I'd simply download the latest Squirrelmail version from the Squirrelmail web site and the follow the upgrade instructions that come with the download.

 

Yes, I would do that if I can't find an easy and safe method to upgrade SM. However I have to repeat the same method in future.


satims

 

That's the way you should do it because the initial SquirrelMail installation was downloaded from the SquirrelMail web site as well. If you try to install a .deb package instead, the update will most certainly fail.