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
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If you need to install a more recent version of a package that is not available in the repositories, you need to find/create the suitable .deb
file(s). Alternatively, you can always download the source code from the official website and build it yourself.
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step 1: wget dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.7.tar.gz Step 2: tar -zxvf dovecot-2.1.7.tar.gz Step 3: ./configure make sudo make install Step 4: sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Step 5: dovecot --version– JahanzebJun 26, 2012 at 11:53