Update issue, followed manual steps but stuck

fearby · March 4, 2019, 2:21am

I manually tried to update my matomo (as I have no ftp server by choice), I followed Update Piwik User Guide - Analytics Platform - Matomo I was using 3.6.1 and backed up my config.ini.php, downloaded “wget https://builds.piwik.org/piwik.zip” and unzipped over the matomo install. I logged into matomo and spotted the usual banner saying to update but no idea how I trigger this?

I am re downloading piwik.zip to verify the version but its slow at 4.8KB/sec

fearby · March 4, 2019, 2:42am

It appears as if https://builds.piwik.org/piwik.zip if Matomo 3.8.0 not 3.8.1?

fearby · March 4, 2019, 2:53am

https://builds.piwik.org/matomo.zip is Matomo 3.8.0 too??? How do I get 3.8.1?

Lukas · March 4, 2019, 6:56am

Hi,

I just downloaded both files and they are fine (and according to https://builds.piwik.org/ haven’t been changed since the release).

Can you check the core/Version.php file in the zip? It should mention which version the zip really is.

github.com

matomo-org/matomo/blob/02247d038c935c802db4ae76f4b4be3b41c4c240/core/Version.php#L23


* Matomo version information.
*
* @api
*/
final class Version
{
   /**
    * The current Matomo version.
    * @var string
    */
   const VERSION = '3.8.1';


   public function isStableVersion($version)
   {
       return (bool) preg_match('/^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)$/', $version);
   }


   public function isVersionNumber($version)
   {
       return $this->isStableVersion($version) || $this->isNonStableVersion($version);
   }

fearby · March 4, 2019, 10:20pm

Right you are, “version.php” does indeed list v3.8.1, CHANGELlog.md says “Matomo 3.8.0”. I’ll try again.

I did backup config, delete the old install, extract the new install and it said 3.8.1 was available?? are updates easier over ftp?

Thanks

fearby · March 4, 2019, 10:21pm

Whats the diff between piwik.zip and matomo.zip (are they the same?)

Lukas · March 4, 2019, 10:35pm

Hi,

CHANGELOG.md isn’t the changelog of the Matomo application (you can find it at https://matomo.org/changelog), but just changes for developers.

As 3.8.1 is a bugfix release, there were no breaking changes.

The zip files are both the same, it is just for backwards compatibility.