On 06/12/13 19:27, Rick Thomas wrote: > > Thanks, Scott. See my notes interlineated below…
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback/testing. > > > On Dec 5, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Scott Ferguson > <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 06/12/13 13:30, Rick Thomas wrote: <snipped> > > > >>> There was some recent discussion on the mentors list about >>> recruiting new folks to help with maintaining the Debian >>> WordPress packages. I presume we won't see any updates past >>> 3.6.1 until that issue is resolved? >> >> Yes, but it won't mean much, the existing package (see further >> down) will still work fine, it'll just require you to update >> WordPress once it's installed to be up-to-date with the latest >> stable upstream version. >> >> 3.6.1 is the version of WordPress *packaged* in the Debian >> WordPress package you installed. It can/should be updated to the >> latest version of WordPress (3.7.1) once installed (login to >> WordPress and look on the WordPress Dashboard). > > OK. I want to try updating: I log into my new wordpress site as > "admin". I see, in the upper left corner, there is a link labeled > "updates 2". There is also a double arrow circle icon and the > numeral "2". Both places have the text "two theme updates". They > both link to > "http://macpro.rcthomas.org/blog/wp-admin/update-core.php"; > > If I click one of them, I get to a page titled "Wordpress Updates" > that says, "You have the latest version of WordPress." The numeral > "2" in both places does not change. Should I expect it to become "0" > if updates had been installed? *If* upgrades have been installed. ;p The 2 indicated are theme upgrades - upgrade WordPress first (though you don't need to). You'll find those themes will upgrade when you upgrade WordPress anyway. > > Also, it still identifies itself as "Wordpress 3.6.1". > > Clearly there's something I'm overlooking. ??? Semi-stripped Wheezy with WordPress installed per wiki fresh installation using wordpress_3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u1_all.deb wordpress 3.6.1+dfsg-1~de grep -v "#" /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian/ wheezy-updates main non-free contrib deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/debian-security/ wheezy/updates main non-free contrib package list:- http://paste.debian.net/69647/ Try this (you'll need ftp configured), let me know how it goes for you:- 1. http://postimg.org/image/z82eo5ggb/ 2. http://postimg.org/image/knlbtblhn/ 3. http://postimg.org/image/5qcusb897/ Otherwise follow manual upgrade instructions:- http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update Login to WordPress admin go to the Plugins page select all your plugins deactivate them all # cd ~ # wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz # mv /usr/share/wordpress/wp-includes{,-3.6.1} # mv /usr/share/wordpress/wp-admin{,-3.6.1} # tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz -C /usr/share wordpress/wp-admin # tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz -C /usr/share wordpress/wp-includes # tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz -C /usr/share wordpress/wp-content # tar --wildcards -zxvf latest.tar.gz -C /usr/share/ 'wordpress/*.php' Back in WordPress agree to reload/upgrade the database then reactivate plugins Upgraded to freshly baked stable:- http://postimg.org/image/t8enkhvnv/ (notice the changes to the upgrade options?). NOTE: nothing to stop you using the same process to upgrade to the beta version of WordPress if you want. <snipped> Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52a1b1bd.1030...@gmail.com
