install from today (3/2/2016) is version 3.8.5?? claims to be current???

  • Resolved jasonjasonjason

    (@jasonjasonjason)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    good evening,

    today (3/2/2016) i installed LAMP into a virtualbox and used apt-get to install wordpress, after adding the universal repositories.

    somehow it installed 3.8.5, and claims to be current?

    meanwhile, my Publication theme refuses to activate, saying it needs at least WP 4.1 to function.

    is my only option to manually download from www.remarpro.com, and redo the installation? assuming the index in apt-get is out of date, or am i missing something somewhere?

    thanks!

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  • Dion

    (@diondesigns)

    Something to remember in the future: never, ever use opsys-based commands like apt-get (Ubuntu) or yum (RHEL/CentOS) to install web applications. They will always be out of date, and you will be forced to immediately upgrade.

    You should be able to update WordPress from its admin panel. If you do not see an update notice, then the version installed by apt-get has been modified to prevent WordPress from “calling home”. In that case you will need to start from scratch and install WordPress per its installation instructions.

    Thread Starter jasonjasonjason

    (@jasonjasonjason)

    Something to remember in the future: never, ever use opsys-based commands like apt-get (Ubuntu) or yum (RHEL/CentOS) to install web applications. They will always be out of date, and you will be forced to immediately upgrade.

    dang it!

    You should be able to update WordPress from its admin panel. If you do not see an update notice, then the version installed by apt-get has been modified to prevent WordPress from “calling home”. In that case you will need to start from scratch and install WordPress per its installation instructions.

    double dang it!

    thanks for your answer, Dion… i was sadly expecting that was going to be the case. at least i’ll get to find out how effective the “images” feature of virtualbox is. i made one just after installing LAMP, but prior to installing WP

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