UPGRADE

   1 Upgrading from 0.3 or higher
   2 ============================
   3
   4 If you are upgrading from versions 0.3 or higher of SquirrelMail, you can
   5 use this guide to make the transition a bit smoother.  If you have been
   6 using a previous version (0.1 or 0.2), it is suggested that you just start
   7 from scratch and configure your settings as if it was your first install.
   8
   9 NOTE: The new plugin architecture required the use of some functions which
  10 are not in all versions of PHP4. You will need at least PHP 4.0.6. If you
  11 need to upgrade please go ahead and install the latest release version of
  12 PHP4.
  13
  14
  15 1.  Backup old install
  16 ======================
  17
  18 Make a backup of your current SquirrelMail directory.  If you use "cp", be
  19 sure to use the "-Rp" options.  -R means recursive, and -p will save the
  20 permissions in the directory.
  21
  22 In this example, we assume that your httpd document directory is
  23 /home/httpd/html, that your SquirrelMail install is located at
  24 /home/httpd/html/squirrelmail-1.0.6, and that your new SM version is 1.2.0.
  25 Substitute version numbers and names as required.
  26
  27   $ cd /home/httpd/html
  28   $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-1.0.6 squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak
  29
  30
  31 2.  Unarchive new SquirrelMail
  32 ==============================
  33 Make sure that you are in your httpd document directory (/home/httpd/html)
  34 and then unarchive the SquirrelMail archive (whatever the filename is):
  35
  36   $ tar -zxvf squirrelmail-1.2.0.tar.gz
  37
  38
  39 3.  Copy important files from old install
  40 =========================================
  41 The important files to copy are:
  42   A.  Preferences
  43   B.  Config details
  44   C.  Plugins
  45   D.  Themes (if you've edited or added any of them)
  46
  47 A.  Preferences
  48
  49 First, copy your preference data over to the new directory.  Usually
  50 this is ok, but if you are upgrading from anything less than 1.0.5, we
  51 strongly suggest you let your users reset their preferences.  There
  52 were important security upgrades in 1.0.5 regarding preference files.
  53
  54   $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/data/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/data
  55
  56 B.  Config details
  57
  58 If at all possible, start the configuration process from scratch.  It is
  59 much less prone to missing configuration options than copying your old
  60 configuration.  Ideally, you should just run conf.pl to reconfigure
  61 SquirrelMail.  If you decide to copy your old config.php over, we strongly
  62 recommend that you run conf.pl to make sure things are correct and then save
  63 the config file.
  64
  65   $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/config/config.php squirrelmail-1.2.0/config
  66
  67 C.  Copy plugins
  68
  69 Like SquirrelMail, plugins are frequently updated for improvements, as well
  70 as to make them compatible with new SquirrelMail releases.  It is suggested
  71 that you download new versions of your plugins at the same time you download
  72 your SquirrelMail install, and that you install your plugins fresh (it's
  73 easy, don't panic!).
  74
  75 If you prefer to just copy your old plugins over (if it's the same version
  76 or if you are lazy), you may do so.  If you notice irregularities with the
  77 plugins under the new SquirrelMail, try installing new versions of the
  78 plugins.
  79
  80   $ cp -Rp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/plugins/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/plugins
  81
  82 D.  Copy themes
  83
  84 If you've created or modified themes, you should copy just those to the new
  85 SquirrelMail themes directory.  To just copy them all over to the new
  86 SquirrelMail installation, you can run one command.
  87
  88   $ cp squirrelmail-1.0.6.bak/themes/* squirrelmail-1.2.0/themes/
  89
  90 (While you are at it, you should send them to us!  We might add them to the
  91 themes in the standard install!)
  92
  93
  94 4.  Change permissions
  95 ======================
  96 The web server must have write permission to the data directory.  In this
  97 example, we assume that user "nobody" and group "nobody" are the web server
  98 as is often the case with Apache.
  99
 100   $ cd squirrelmail-1.2.0
 101   $ chown -R nobody.nobody data
 102
 103 See INSTALL for alternate userid/groupid pairs.  Additionally, if "chown
 104 user.group" doesn't work, you can use "chown user" and "chgrp group"
 105 instead.  See the man pages for these commands for more information.
 106
 107
 108 5.  Run conf.pl
 109 ===============
 110 Run config/conf.pl to see the new configuration options available with the
 111 new version, as well as to verify that all of your old options are set
 112 properly.
 113
 114 Always save your options, also if you haven't changed anything.
 115 This will ensure that any problems with conf.pl that might have been solved
 116 are effective to your installation.
 117
 118
 119 6.  DONE!
 120 =========
 121 That should be all!  The most important part is copying your users'
 122 preference files back into the new data directory.  This will insure that
 123 your users will have their old preferences.  Remember to do so with caution,
 124 especially if you are upgrading from a version before 1.0.5 to version 1.0.5
 125 or later.