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  • Easiest way of upgrading or updating Mediawiki version on Debian/Ubuntu/etc.

    So far this is the easiest way I have found to update Mediawiki. This presumes SSH access.

     

    Back up your database and files first!

     

    cd

    wget https://releases.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.31/mediawiki-1.31.1.tar.gz

    (if going for another version, replace with the appropriate link)

    tar -xvzf mediawiki-1.31.1.tar.gz

    cp -rf mediawiki-1.31.1/* /var/www/YOURSITE

    If your sites are stored elsewhere, replaces /var/www/YOURSITE with whatever the path name is. Copy with the rf flags forces over-write and copies recursively.

    Visit https://yoursitename/mw-config/ in your browser

    Follow the instructions from there – you will need the upgrade key from your existing LocalSettings.php file, which should be found in your existing Wiki directory via:

    cat LocalSettings.php | grep -A 2 key

     

  • Debian: How to see what has recently been upgraded or updated through apt-get

    Forgotten what it was you last updated, or want to check what someone else has been updating? There’s a log file for that, and it’s located at:

     

    /var/log/apt/history.log

     

    To view it, run:

     

    less /var/log/apt/history.log

     

    Looking for an older logfile? They’re kept, too. To see the other log files available, view the directory using ls:

     

    ls /var/log/apt/

     

    It should look something like:

     

    history.log  history.log.1.gz  history.log.2.gz  history.log.3.gz  history.log.4.gz  term.log  term.log.1.gz  term.log.2.gz  term.log.3.gz  term.log.4.gz

     

    One further note – This will show the most recent things done with apt, not just upgrades.

  • Subsonic on Ubuntu: How to upgrade from 4.8 to the new 4.9 release

     

    Subsonic 4.9 is out! The installation instructions page doesn’t explicitly say anything about upgrading from a previous version – fortunately, though, you don’t need to do anything different. First, grab the .deb file – currently this works:

     

    wget http://aarnet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/subsonic/subsonic/4.9/subsonic-4.9.deb

     

    Install:

     

    sudo dpkg -i subsonic-4.9.deb

     

    If you have an existing 4.8 install you will see the following:

     

    Preparing to replace subsonic 4.8 (using subsonic-4.9.deb) …

     

    And you’re done! Reload Subsonic in your browser window or app and enjoy the new version. To see the new features since 4.8 you can view the changelog here:

     

    http://www.subsonic.org/pages/changelog.jsp