Upgrading to 6.2 Instructions

Nunosan999a year ago

Hi all,

I would like to update the application version of Traccar to 6.2 (I have version 5. something).

But on the instruction https://www.traccar.org/upgrading-traccar/ I am not sure about step 4 "Remove the old version of Traccar". What does that entail exactly?

Would like to ask if someone could help with more detailed instructions on the upgrade process please.

I am not experienced with command line or Linux so to install the previous verrsion I just followed the instructions exactly on the https://www.traccar.org/install-digitalocean/ page. I am able to create a new droplet and install the new version there, but I need to keep the application on an existing droplet, as the tracking devices are still pointing to that IP.

Thanks in advance.

Anton Tananaeva year ago
Nunosan999a year ago

Thanks Anton, was able to successfully upgrade. Though I had a bunch of issues with MySQL permissions when attempting to recreate the database for the new version, not sure if it's common. I had to uninstall and reinstall the whole MySQL get the new version to work successfully.

Anton Tananaeva year ago

Why do you need to recreate the database?