Updating on Linux

This tutorial demonstrates commands for updating FreshRSS. It assumes that your main FreshRSS directory is /usr/share/FreshRSS; If you’ve installed it somewhere else, substitute your path as necessary.

Note that FreshRSS contains a built-in update system. It’s easier to use if you don’t understand the commands that follow. It’s available through the web interface of your FreshRSS installation, Administration → Update.

Please read the general advice from “Backing Up and Updating FreshRSS” before applying any command from this guide.

Pausing automatic feed updates

If Automatic Feed Updating has been configured, temporarily suspend the automatic feed updates during the upgrade process.

Before performing the upgrade:

cron method: run sudo crontab -e and comment out the task
systemd method: run sudo systemctl stop freshrss.timer

After performing the upgrade:

cron method: run sudo crontab -e and uncomment the task
systemd method: run sudo systemctl start freshrss.timer

You may wish to run the cron task or systemd unit (freshrss.service) immediately after the upgrade to ensure the automatic feed updates are functioning correctly.

Using git

You must have used git to install FreshRSS to use this update method.

If your local user doesn’t have write access to the FreshRSS folder, use a sudo shell (sudo -s), prefix the following commands with sudo, or switch to an account that does have write access to the folder.

Change to your FreshRSS directory
```
cd /usr/share/FreshRSS/
```
Fetch the most recent code from GitHub
```
git fetch --all
```
Discard manual changes and delete manual additions
```
git reset --hard
git clean -f -d
```
Note: If you wish to keep your changes, it’s better to create a pull request or an extension.
Update FreshRSS
```
git checkout edge
git pull --ff-only
```
ℹ️ Use edge for the rolling release or latest for the latest stable release.
(optional) Make sure you use the correct version
```
git status
```
The command should tell you the branch that you’re using. It must be the same as the one associated with the latest release on GitHub. If you use the rolling release, it should tell you that your edge branch is up to date with origin.
Re-set correct permissions so that your web server can access the files
```
cli/access-permissions.sh
```

Using the Zip archive

Change to your FreshRSS directory
```
cd /usr/share/FreshRSS/
```
Get the link to the Zip archive for the latest release: https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/latest.zip. If you want to use the rolling release, the link is https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/edge.zip.

Download and unzip the update file

wget -O freshrss.zip https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/latest.zip
unzip freshrss.zip

Overwrite all your existing files with the new ones
```
cp -R FreshRSS-*/* .
```
Re-set permissions
```
cli/access-permissions.sh
```
Clean up the FreshRSS directory by deleting the downloaded zip and the temporary directory
```
rm -f freshrss.zip
rm -rf FreshRSS-*/
```

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Updating on Linux

Pausing automatic feed updates

Using git

Using the Zip archive

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