commit 75bd848e9e0cd9a14ca82018edac0b414fa4db44
parent 891af301fbc5c7de834841dc2adecc63f2af6be5
Author: Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 10:34:14 +0100
Added upgrade instructions
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/www/download/index.html b/www/download/index.html
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@
</table>
<p>
-In this page you can find download links (see above)
-and installation instructions (see below) for
-nissy. If instead you wish to clone the
-<a href="https://git.tronto.net/nissy/">git repository</a>, use
+In this page you can find download links (see above),
+<a href="#Installation">installation instructions</a> and
+<a href="#Upgrade">upgrade instructions</a>
+for nissy. If instead you wish to clone the
+<a href="https://git.tronto.net/nissy/">git repository</a>,
+you can use git:
</p>
<pre>
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ For a summary of changes and a list of older versions see below. Some versions
the git repository.
</p>
-<h2>Installation</h2>
+<h2 id="Installation">Installation</h2>
<h3>System requirements</h3>
@@ -152,6 +154,24 @@ XDG variable is configured. On Windows it is the same directory as the
<code>nissy.exe</code> executable file.
</p>
+<h2 id="Upgrade">Upgrading</h2>
+<p>
+If you already have nissy installed and you want to upgrade to a more
+recent version, you can simply repeat the installation process:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+On Windows: simply replace nissy.exe with the new file with the same name.
+</li>
+<li>
+On UNIX systems: download the new version of the source code, extract it in
+a new folder and run <code>make</code> and <code>make install</code> again.
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+In all cases the table files do not need to be upgraded.
+</p>
+
<h2>Version history</h2>
<h3>Nissy v2</h3>
