On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 02:20:26PM +0200, Robert-Jan Kuijvenhoven wrote:
> Thanks Ian,
>
> I will try upgrading bind. Do you know if there is a .deb for bind 9? I was
> not able to find one. I did download the .tar.gz file from ftp.isc.org but
> I am not used to installing these files, because I always use .deb files.
> If there are no .deb files available for bind 9, can I just do a
> ./configure and a make, or do I need to supply a special installation path
> to comply with debian standards? And do I need to uninstall bind 8 before
> installing bind 9?
If you want bind 9 you could try compiling the testing source. Point
your src line in /etc/apt/sources.list to "testing." Then cd to
/usr/src and run -
# apt-get update
# apt-get -b source bind
That will build a .deb you can install with dpkg. If that doesn't work
you can always install the .tar.gz which won't harm anything the package
manager just isn't going to know about it.
As a general rule when compiling non debian source I -
Put the source in /usr/src. Unpack the source "tar xvfz source.tar.gz"
cd to the newly created directory. Read the INSTALL or README file(s)
to determine how to install. I usually install the binary in
/usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin.
hth,
kent
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