Help upgrading Linux V9

[Wrx4me]

As a Linux newbie this will be my first upgrade. I am running V9.0.4.287 on Ubuntu 16.04 and would like to upgrade to the latest release.

My question is does the installation of the newer releases wipe all my configs such as gentuner etc or does it preserve my settings and only upgrades the Sagetv core?

Basically what steps do I need to accomplish an upgrade? By the way, I used SageWizdoms excellent script for the initial installation, I would appreciate any tips before I proceed. Thanks!

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Wrx4me

As a Linux newbie this will be my first upgrade. I am running V9.0.4.287 on Ubuntu 16.04 and would like to upgrade to the latest release.

My question is does the installation of the newer releases wipe all my configs such as gentuner etc or does it preserve my settings and only upgrades the Sagetv core?

Basically what steps do I need to accomplish an upgrade? By the way, I used SageWizdoms excellent script for the initial installation, I would appreciate any tips before I proceed. Thanks!

Not sure how if you used the .tgz file or the .deb file, but in both cases, you can upgrade and it should not wipe any configuration data. You can always make a backup of the /opt/sagetv/server/ directory before the new install and if everything goes well just delete the backup.

[Wrx4me]

Thanks Stuckless, I downloaded the new .deb and installed over the current and it upgraded in place without any issues. I had used the SageWizdom's V2 install instructions which pointed directly to the 9.04 package which is how I ended up with that version.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Wrx4me

Thanks Stuckless, I downloaded the new .deb and installed over the current and it upgraded in place without any issues. I had used the SageWizdom's V2 install instructions which pointed directly to the 9.04 package which is how I ended up with that version.

Glad it worked

[jt4242]

Originally Posted by stuckless

... You can always make a backup of the /opt/sagetv/server/ directory before the new install....

Linux v9.0.13.536

I have tried backing up the /opt/sagetv/server directory but after I copy it back over to opt/sagetv, it doesn't work. It never appears in the SageTV Placeshifter Server Manager window.

When I make the backup, this file won't copy so I skip it:
sagetv/server/STVs/SageTV7/Externals/postprocessing.log
(though one time I created a copy with the contents of the original once I'd restored - made no difference)

Is it something about permissions that I just don't know enough about?????

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by jt4242

Linux v9.0.13.536

I have tried backing up the /opt/sagetv/server directory but after I copy it back over to opt/sagetv, it doesn't work. It never appears in the SageTV Placeshifter Server Manager window.

When I make the backup, this file won't copy so I skip it:
sagetv/server/STVs/SageTV7/Externals/postprocessing.log
(though one time I created a copy with the contents of the original once I'd restored - made no difference)

Is it something about permissions that I just don't know enough about?????

I would first install the sagetv debs and then copy over the files. The reason is that .deb packages will include the startup scripts needed to start sagetv on a reboot.

[jt4242]

Thanks - I had installed with the .deb packages but I guess my mistake was in backing up/restoring SageTV the way I had in windows - i.e., save whole directory, restore previous image, delete the sagetv folder and copy over from the saved backup. I guess the scripts get lost somehow doing that?

I won't do that again.

[Narflex]

Originally Posted by jt4242

Thanks - I had installed with the .deb packages but I guess my mistake was in backing up/restoring SageTV the way I had in windows - i.e., save whole directory, restore previous image, delete the sagetv folder and copy over from the saved backup. I guess the scripts get lost somehow doing that?

I won't do that again.

I would actually expect that to work since the scripts that you don't want overwritten don't exist in Windows.