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Updating concrete5 without UNZIP

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Hello everyone.
Today i logged into my concrete5 dashboard and i saw and upgrade to version 5.4.0.4

I clicked update and after a while i had an error message

"unable to unzip package..."

so i've investigated a little and i've found out that my provider does not permit PHP5 to execute external programs.

how do i solve this? can i download the package from dowload and unzip it locally on my PC; and then upload it on the website overwriting all files?

will it work?
any solution?

thank you very much for your time!
 
nteaviation replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
nteaviation
You could do a manual update.

Download the new c5 and unzip it to your desktop. I use 7zip to unzip it. Then on your website, rename concrete to concrete_old to make a backup in case thing go "wonky". Then ftp just the concrete directory to your website webroot (or where ever c5 lives). *NOTE: only replace the concrete directory!

Then run the upgrade script:
•Go tohttp://www.yoursite.com/index.php/tools/required/upgrade... (Note: if this does not work, tryhttp://www.yoursite.com/index.php/tools/required/upgrade.php)...

See:http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/installation/upgrading_concr...

Hope this helps
projecthaxor replied on at Permalink Reply
Thank you very much, i will try to ovewrite directly by FTP!
nteaviation replied on at Permalink Reply
nteaviation
You may take a look at the Docs:
http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/installation/upgrading_concr...

good luck :)