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Title: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: nickolsj on September 12, 2015, 03:43:52 am

Installed 21.0.5 on ubuntu 14.04 (i am aware it is not officially supported) and would like to upgrade to .6; can this be done, or do you have to install from scratch?

Thanks

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: Awesome Donkey on September 12, 2015, 11:39:18 am

Did you add the JRiver MC 21 APT Repository or did you just install the .dpkg file from the pinned topic? If so, you can update via the Update manager or Synaptic if you have that installed.

I'd highly recommend following my tutorial for Ubuntu: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=99334.0

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: nickolsj on September 12, 2015, 07:36:58 pm

I used your tutorial to install.  Thanks for providing BTW.  Was not sure how to update though, i tried "sudo apt-get update mediacenter21" but it did not work.  At the moment i am running "sudo apt-get install mediacenter21"  i am fairly new to linux and was concerned that this would install another instance of MC instead of updating it.  But it seems to have updated.  All good. 

Not sure what update manager or synaptic are (gui based?), so far i am doing most things via CLI.

Thanks

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: Awesome Donkey on September 12, 2015, 08:36:31 pm

Personally, I'd use this in the Terminal to check for updates and update whenever possible;

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: mwillems on September 12, 2015, 08:47:40 pm

Quote from: nickolsj on September 12, 2015, 07:36:58 pm

I used your tutorial to install.  Thanks for providing BTW.  Was not sure how to update though, i tried "sudo apt-get update mediacenter21" but it did not work.  At the moment i am running "sudo apt-get install mediacenter21"  i am fairly new to linux and was concerned that this would install another instance of MC instead of updating it.  But it seems to have updated.  All good. 

Not sure what update manager or synaptic are (gui based?), so far i am doing most things via CLI.

Thanks

"apt-get update" only updates the list of what apps are available (syncs the repos).  "apt-get upgrade" or "apt-get dist-upgrade" are what actually updates the software on your machine.  So you need to do the "update" for your system to realize there is a new package available, and then "upgrade" or "dist-upgrade" to actually upgrade the package.  Using apt-get install just reinstalls the software, which, if you've already run update will have the effect of upgrading the software, but can have side effects.

Awesome Donkey's command line is the correct one to do a global system upgrade (including MC), which you should do regularly for security reasons if nothing else, but I thought it might be helpful to understand what the commands do.

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: Awesome Donkey on September 12, 2015, 09:00:49 pm

I suppose I should add this to the tutorial. :)

EDIT: Added.

Title: Re: update method for MC21 in ubuntu 14.04
Post by: nickolsj on September 12, 2015, 09:53:25 pm

Thanks for the info, definitely good to know.