Re: [Phpgedview-talk] question about updating version

[Brian A. E. <bri...@ya...>]

I generally follow these steps when 'upgrading' software on my server.

1) Make a backup of the MySQL database (if any)
2) download and unpack the new package into a directory with the version number.  I.e, phpGedView4.1
3) Copy the config file, and any image or user directories from the current version to the new version.
4) Change the symlink from the old version to the new version.  I.e., ln -s phpGedView4.1 phpGedView.
5) Log into the package, and run any upgrade or maintenance steps.

This generally works for most software, and you can usually revert simply by changing the symlink back to the prior version.  Usually once the new version is working well, you can delete the prior version.



Andre Switala <sw...@gm...> wrote: Since I could not find anything in the FAQ's here is a quick question.
How do I easily upgrade from one version to the other, let's say from
4.0 to 4.1 - simply upload all the new files on top of the old ones?
Or is it more complicated? I tried to do the above but nothing seemed
to work anymore, so I had to do a complete new install.

I think it would be good to address this in the FAQ, Installation
guide and/or the wiki.

Andre

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