Topic: SME5.5 - Can't install new blade

[Steven Farrell]

Hi

Can anyone help me?  My SME Server 5.5 has update 1 installed but doesn't see update 2 when I click on blades in the server manager.  Can anyone give me an idiots guide to installing this manually?

Thanks

Steven

[Andy Parkinson]

This should help
http://www.e-smith.org/article.php3&mode=threaded&order=0

[Bill Talcott]

Also check out the FAQ. http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#8q1

* What updates should I apply to my SME Server?

"Official e-smith updates are found in the updates directory on our FTP server.

SME Server updates are made available as Software Blades to ServiceLink-enabled servers."

In the past, the updates have been made available as Blades to everyone. It looks as though that has been discontinued. You should plan on installing the updates manually, and if they do happen to be available via Blades then consider it an added bonus.

[Steven Farrell]

Thanks for the advice but I really am a novice when it comes to linux.  Could you tell me the commands needed to get the update files from the cd onto the harddrive so that I can update it?

Thanks again.

[Bill Talcott]

Like Andy's link says, you need to download the files from ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/updates/5.5/Update2/ then install the files with:

rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs *.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

I download the files on my PC, then use WinSCP2 to copy them to the server. You could also use wget or another method to get the files to the server, but I find WinSCP2's Explorer-like interface is very easy to use.

[Steven Farrell]

Thanks Bill, I've finally got update 2 installed thanks to WinSCP2.