Samba Installing?
 

I downloaded the latest Samba ver burnt it to disc. How do I actually install these files into Mandrake 9.0.
Im wanting to run a small network etc, I thought it would be wise to get the latest ver of samba but I dont no how to install it.
YES its NEWBIE alert.
:confused:

you don't have to burn programs that u will install

download *.rpm files
(there are other type of files like *.tar.gz)

rpm -Uvh therpmfile.rpm

that's it as far as installing goes

i think there's good doc at mandrake.com about samba setting
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/index.html#lfs

Sorry , I wasnt very clear, I downloaded it at work and stuck it on disk and took it home, Im trying to get my home network going. Currently my Mandrake 9.0 computer has No network or internet connection. Apart from I can ping my Xp computer.
So im sitting here with this Samba latest file(tar?) thinking how do i install this. I can just install the ver that comes with Mandrake 9.0, but I thought I would install the latest but im stuck.

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tar xzvf thesambafile.tar.gz
or tar xvf thesambafile.tar

cd to the directory (samba--version)
./configure && make && make install (as root)

done..

lol NEWBIE alert dude , lets put it like this "HUH" I dOnt mean to appear dumb, but repeat in more detail plz

ok..
start with $ --> command you type

in order to read cd u have to mount(let linux know) your cdrom
first see if your distro automount your cd
$ls /mnt/cdrom

if you see files, it's mounted
if not,
$mount /mnt/cdrom

let's copy the file to /tmp
$cp /mnt/cdrom/thetarfile /tmp
go to /tmp
$cd /tmp
unpack the tar file(like zip file)
$tar xvf(or xzvf) thetarfile
go to the directory that's created
$cd samba*
$ ./configure && make
$ su
(enter password)
#(as root) make install

now u r done

Dude (me again) Im with u up to ./configure ??????

?

did u run upto ./configure && make ?(it's same as $./configure $make)

what's the problem?

Eveything went fine up to typing ./configure
I tried ./configure && make
I just get No such File or directory

then maybe it's binary file

show me
what $ls lists in the directory
and $less INSTALL $less README

also show me what $pwd says

maybe you r in the wrong directory

Copying examples/ packaging/ README source/
docs/ Manifest pcp/ Roadmap.txt


examples, packaging, source, docs pcp are all in blue writing. If that means anything

/tmp/samba-2.2.8

http://hr.uoregon.edu/davidrl/samba/...tml#installing

it's under /tmp/samba-2.2.8/source

so, $cd source
$./configure --with-smbmount --with-automount && make

I read the manifest and it says cd into source , so i did then type ./configure . So i tried this but it didnt worjk came up with no such file or directory. So I had a look using Konquerer and inside source I dont see Configure file hmmmm. Still lost