How to upgrade SquirrelMail

[satimis]

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



Now I found the package available on repo.

$ apt-cache policy squirrelmail
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

[sjau]

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

[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
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
/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

[falko]

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

[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

[falko]

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.