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<META name="author" lang="en" content="Michiel Broek">
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2011-05-22 19:21:15 +00:00
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<!-- MBSEADVERT -->
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2009-05-15 20:01:56 +00:00
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<div align="right"><h5>Last update 02-Sep-2007</h5></div>
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<div align="center"><h1>Upgrade MBSE BBS</h1></div>
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<h3>Introduction.</h3>
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<p>
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First of all, if you upgrade from a previous version of MBSE BBS,
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read all the ChangeLog entries from the version you are currently
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running upto the new @VERSION@ version you are installing.
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Then make a backup of at least all files in /opt/mbse/bin and /opt/mbse/etc.
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<p> <P>
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<h3>Install the source.</h3>
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Login as user <b>mbse</b>. Yes, very important, <b>login as user mbse</b>.
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While in mbse's home directory (/opt/mbse) unpack the distribution archives:
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<pre>
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tar xfvj /path/to/mbsebbs-@VERSION@.tar.bz2
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</pre>
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You now have the subdirectory with sources in the right place.
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Next build the binaries and install them using the following commands:
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<pre>
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cd ~/mbsebbs-@VERSION@
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make clean
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./configure
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make
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su <b>important, do not use "su -"</b>
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password: <em>enter root password here</em>
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make install
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</pre>
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Ubuntu users should do:
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<pre>
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cd ~/mbsebbs-@VERSION@
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make clean
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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</pre>
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The last part of the installation procedure shows you the location of the bbs
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startup script that is added to your system. Remember this one for a moment.
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<p>
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Now restart the bbs (still as root) by executing the startup
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script you just saw on the screen followed by a space and the word <b>reload</b> or <b>restart</b>,
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this depends on the distribution you use. There are also distributions that must use the startup
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script twice, once with <b>stop</b> and then <b>start</b> as parameter.
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For example:
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<pre>
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/mbsed reload
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exit
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</pre>
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Ubuntu users do:
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<pre>
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sudo /etc/init.d/mbsebbs restart
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</pre>
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This will close the bbs, kill <b>mbtask</b>, start the new <b>mbtask</b> and open
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the bbs again for use. At this point you may need to update some configuration settings
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with <b>mbsetup</b>. Read the ChangeLog for the details. The ChangeLog may also describe a
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different restart procedure if this is needed.
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<p> <p>
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<h3>Other updates</h3>
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<p>
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Not everything is updated during the upgrade, only the binaries. Normally this is enough.
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However it may be that the example menus, macro templates are updated in the distribution.
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Because these files may have some very personal changes, these files are not overwritten.
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You can force that, in the subdirectory ~/mbsebbs-@VERSION@/examples type
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<pre>
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make help
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</pre>
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to see what you can force to update. But carefully taking over the changes may be better.
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<br>
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In the directory /opt/mbse/bin and /opt/mbse/etc are new scripts installed. They have the
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extension <b>.new</b> and you need to examine these to see if you can simply copy these over
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your current ones.
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