Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Update Problem

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 18/Jan/2017 06:02 John Hinton <web...@ew...> wrote ..
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> On 1/18/2017 12:46 AM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> > On 17/Jan/2017 17:25 John Hinton <web...@ew...> wrote ..
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> >> On 1/17/2017 7:56 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> >>> On 17/Jan/2017 12:52 John Hinton <web...@ew...> wrote ..
> >>>> I found a couple of servers here where Virtualmin has not updated and
> >>>> won't update. These systems were initially setup using the webmin.rpm
> >>>> and virtualmin was installed from within Webmin. If it helps, the
> >>>> original rpm was webmin-1.560.noarch.rpm.
> >>>>
> >>>> I've searched and searched to try to find a solution for fixing this and
> >>>> have not had success finding clear instructions on the best way to fix
> >>>> this on a CentOS system. Can somebody point me in the right direction?
> >>> What error are you getting exactly when you try to update?
> >> I'm trying to do the updates using the 'Upgrade Webmin' interface, and
> >> the tab for 'Update Modules'. I tick off the update non-core modules and
> >> when I run that, it says no modules are available for update.
> >>
> >> Now, it's been a while, but it seems like there were other notices to
> >> update Virtualmin somewhere. Maybe within the Virtualmin interface, but
> >> that went away at some point. These systems are stuck on Virtualmin GPL
> >> version 4.08. Maybe I'm totally remembering wrong? Either way, I can't
> >> get it updated from within Webmin or Virtualmin, or if I can, I can't
> >> find it.
> > What happens if you just SSH in and run "yum install webmin" ?
> I get "Nothing to do". I installed Webmin initially from the downloaded 
> rpm and have not set up the repository. I can do that and have done that 
> on another non-critical system that was in the same state, but it was a 
> really rocky ride. I had to uninstall some things and it seems I added 
> some exceptions to keep that from happening again. I was hoping there 
> was a better way for the production systems.

I'd recommend setting up the Webmin YUM repository - that way you can
get updates more easily, and will be prompted to update when you login
to Virtualmin. See http://www.webmin.com/rpm.html for details.