Synchronet v3.19b-Win32 (install) has been released (Jan-2022).

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install:dev [2020/11/01 17:43] – [Development Update] emphasize x86 digital maninstall:dev [2020/11/22 15:26] – [Pre-built executables] Create a table of archives including both nightly builds and continuous builds digital man
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 If you are using pre-built executables (from Windows-installer or archive): If you are using pre-built executables (from Windows-installer or archive):
  
-  - Download the daily built and archived executable files for [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.zip|Win32]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|Linux-x64]] ((sorry, pre-built archives for other platforms are not currently available)+  - Download archived executable files (see table below
-  - Extract the ''sbbs_dev'' archive into your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory, over-writing existing files+  - Extract the archive into your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory, over-writing existing files
   - Continue with [[#step 4]] section of this page   - Continue with [[#step 4]] section of this page
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 +^ Platform      ^ Archive ^
 +| Windows-i386  | [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.zip|Nightly-build]] [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-windows|Continuous-build]] |
 +| Linux-x64     | [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|Nightly-build]] [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-linux|Continuous-build]] |
 +| FreeBSD-amd64 | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-freebsd|Continuous-build]] |
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 Now that your "program files" (executable binaries) are updated, you need to update the run-time files next. Now that your "program files" (executable binaries) are updated, you need to update the run-time files next.
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   - If you performed a [[dev:CVS]] install (e.g. on *nix), see [[howto:Git]] for instructions on updating to the Git repo((The Synchronet CVS Repository is no longer updated)).   - If you performed a [[dev:CVS]] install (e.g. on *nix), see [[howto:Git]] for instructions on updating to the Git repo((The Synchronet CVS Repository is no longer updated)).
   - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you opted for symbolic links to the ''[[dir:exec]]'' and ''[[dir:text]]'' directories, the only file you might need to manually update or merge would be the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file. All the other files should be automatically updated with your ''git pull'' command; you should be able to skip to the final step (''jsexec update'').   - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you opted for symbolic links to the ''[[dir:exec]]'' and ''[[dir:text]]'' directories, the only file you might need to manually update or merge would be the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file. All the other files should be automatically updated with your ''git pull'' command; you should be able to skip to the final step (''jsexec update'').
 +  - If you performed a [[dev:Git]] install (e.g. on *nix) and you did **not** opt for symbolic links, you will need to copy the ''repo/exec'' and ''repo/text'' directories to your ''sbbs/[[dir:exec]]'' and ''sbbs/[[dir:text]]'' directories.
   - If you did **not** perform a CVS or Git install, download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory and extract into your Synchronet ''exec'' directory, over-writing existing files: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.tgz|*nix]] format.   - If you did **not** perform a CVS or Git install, download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory and extract into your Synchronet ''exec'' directory, over-writing existing files: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbsexec.tgz|*nix]] format.
   - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]] (if you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause)   - Over-write or merge-with your modified ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file from [[https://gitlab.com/synchronet/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|here]] (if you see some corrupted text output from the terminal server or some features don't work as expected, skipping this step could be the cause)