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< div id = "siteSub" > From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application< / div >
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This page describes how to update your XOWA application using the in-app updater.
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Contents
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< a href = "#Opening" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 1.1< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Opening< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#Installing" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 1.2< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Installing< / span > < / a >
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< a href = "#Auto-startup_reminder" > < span class = "tocnumber" > 2< / span > < span class = "toctext" > Auto-startup reminder< / span > < / a >
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Special:XowaAppUpdate" > < a href = "/wiki/Special:XowaAppUpdate" id = "xolnki_2" title = "Special:XowaAppUpdate" > Special:XowaAppUpdate< / a > < / span >
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This < a href = "/wiki/Special:XowaAppUpdate" id = "xolnki_3" title = "Special:XowaAppUpdate" > Special page< / a > shows all pending updates.
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Everytime this page is opened, it checks the XOWA site for updates: < a href = "http://xowa.org/admin/app_update/xoa_update.db" rel = "nofollow" class = "external free" > http://xowa.org/admin/app_update/xoa_update.db< / a >
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If updates are found, it downloads the descriptions, stores them offline, and shows it on the page
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If no updates are found, it shows any offline descriptions
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If install is chosen, the following is done:
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The appropriate package is chosen from from < a href = "http://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/releases/" rel = "nofollow" class = "external free" > http://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/releases/< / a > .
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Note that XOWA will automatically choose the matching operating system package. (If you're running XOWA on GNU/Linux 64-bit it will automatically download a xowa_app_linux_64 package)
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Note that the latest version will always be chosen for two reasons:
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The latest version is always the recommended version
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Downgrading from a later version to an earlier version is not recommended. Downgrading will generally work, but it's not something that is ever tested.
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The package is downloaded and unzipped to C:\xowa_release\user\install\update
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For each file in the install package:
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The corresponding old file will be deleted
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The new file will be moved into the old file's place
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Any old file that can't be deleted will be saved to a list
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XOWA will then shutdown and launch a standalone update app. It will copy any old files that couldn't be deleted in the previous step
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Once the standalone update app completes, it will launch XOWA
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This only applies to the auto-startup reminder (see the next section).
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By pressing the "Skip this update" button, the Special:XowaAppUpdate page will tempoarily stop reminding you automatically at startup.
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However, once a new XOWA version is available, the Special:XowaAppUpdate page will resume launching automatically at startup.
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< span class = "mw-headline" id = "Auto-startup_reminder" > Auto-startup reminder< / span >
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XOWA will check for updates every time the application starts. It does this in a two-step process:
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First, it checks online to see if any new updates have been released.
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By default, the time interval is set to 7 days. If XOWA has checked online for an update, it won't check again for another 7 days.
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If you want to disable online check or change the interval, you can do so at < a href = "/wiki/Special:XowaCfg%3Fgrp%3Dxowa.app.update" id = "xolnki_4" title = "Special:XowaCfg?grp=xowa.app.update" > the Options page< / a >
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Next, it will check offline to see any existing updates have not been applied.
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A list of offline updates are at C:\xowa_release\user\install\update
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If any updates are available, it will open the Special:XowaUpdate page
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XOWA can always be updated manually:
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You can download the latest version from < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html" rel = "nofollow" class = "external text" > XOWA's download page< / a >
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You can view all available versions at < a href = "http://localhost/github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/releases/" rel = "nofollow" class = "external text" > XOWA's Github page< / a >
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For more information on manual updates, see < a href = "/wiki/App/Setup/Update/Manual" id = "xolnki_5" title = "App/Setup/Update/Manual" > the manual update help page< / a >
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< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title = 'Download the XOWA application' > Download XOWA< / a > < / li >
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< h3 > Getting started< / h3 >
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< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title = 'Get XOWA's system requirements' > Requirements< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Installation.html" title = 'Get instructions for installing XOWA' > Installation< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title = 'Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia' > Simple Wikipedia< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title = 'Learn how to set up English Wikipedia' > English Wikipedia< / a > < / li >
< li > < a href = "http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title = 'Learn how to set up other Wikipedias' > Other Wikipedias< / a > < / li >
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< li > < a href = "https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title = "Search archive.org for XOWA files" > XOWA @ archive.org< / a > < / li >
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