Dovecot version upgrade

Question

I am using ubuntu 12.04 and dovecot version is 1.2.9, I want to upgrade my dovecot version from 1.2.9 to 2.1.7

yes. but remember 1.2.9 version is running on server and just want to upgrade 2.1.7 — Jahanzeb, Jun 26 '12 at 07:33
Again, what is your question? You are not asking anything. It is just a statement. — D_Bye, Jun 26 '12 at 08:32
Dear, How can i upgrade dovecot version, currently using 1.2.9 and want to update it on 2.1.7 — Jahanzeb, Jun 26 '12 at 09:25
I have for Ubuntu 12.04 in the repository version 2.0.19, which is marked as 1:2.0.19??? — Jan Marek, Jun 26 '12 at 12:15
Possible duplicate of http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/33617/how-can-i-update-to-a-newer-version-of-git-using-apt-get Maybe a generic question and answer documenting the necessary steps is required. — Residuum, Jun 27 '12 at 16:18

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 12:12

If you do not want to install dovecot from source, first search for a available backport of your package (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports).

If there is no backport available for your version, you can also try to install a version from a later version and resolve the dependencies by hand.

Download your file from http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/dovecot-core and then do sudo dpkg -i dovecot-core_2.1.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb. You may also look into apt pinning for that.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 14 '15 at 03:11

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Run this:

cd /tmp
wget http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.7.tar.gz
tar -zxvf dovecot-2.1.7.tar.gz
cd dovecot-2.1.7
sudo apt-get build-dep dovecot-core -y </dev/null
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
dovecot --version

edited Dec 14 '15 at 03:11

vaab

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answered Jun 26 '12 at 11:58

Jahanzeb

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Dovecot version upgrade

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