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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="#Special:XowaAppUpdate"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Special:XowaAppUpdate</span></a>
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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="#Skipping"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Skipping</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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<a href="#Manual_updates"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Manual updates</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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<span class="mw-headline" id="Opening">Opening</span>
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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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<span class="mw-headline" id="Installing">Installing</span>
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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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<span class="mw-headline" id="Skipping">Skipping</span>
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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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<span class="mw-headline" id="Manual_updates">Manual updates</span>
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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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