Question Update from 1.5.6 to 1.5.7

Hi all,

Just discovered that a new version of Kunena has been released. I read the upgrade instructions but I really need to uninstall version 1.5.6 and install version 1.5.7 or I can install the new 1.5.7 directly "over" the current 1.5.6 without uninstall it before? I always fear to lose some data or settings during component unistall.... :huh:

Hi,

You can do both. Any modern Joomla 1.5 component can be upgraded in place. Simply install the new Kunena 1.5.7 - no need to uninstall Kunena 1.5.x. The upgrade happens automatically.

Hope this helps!

fxstein

Hi,

Thank you for your reply. I suppose the install over the "old" component version will work too. Maybe the only problem could be I manually delete manually some removed parts from the new version like in the release note of 1.5.7 as follow:

Default, default_red, default_green and default_gray templates were removed from Kunena 1.5.7

However I think is not a big problem.

removing first is the best practice in my opinion.

Most data and settings are located in the database, this won't be affected when removing a component.

Uninstall + install will remove deprecated templates, install (upgrade) will let you continue using them (with your own risk) also in the new version.

Just the post I was looking for .

I was under the impression if you uninstall a component that it removed any entries in the database it created. There are several components I use where the developers say to not uninstall because the data in the database will be lost. So in most occasions I just install the update over the existing installation.

I have alot of very important posts that I can afford to lose so uninstalling kunena scares me lol.