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

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install:dev [2020/11/22 15:26] – [Pre-built executables] Create a table of archives including both nightly builds and continuous builds digital maninstall:dev [2021/05/15 18:05] – [Run-time files] Mentino the 'use defaults' text.dat option digital man
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   - Download archived executable files (see table below)   - Download archived executable files (see table below)
-  - Extract the archive into your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory, over-writing existing files+  - Extract the archive into your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory, stripping any sub-directory information and over-writing existing files in the process
   - Continue with [[#step 4]] section of this page   - Continue with [[#step 4]] section of this page
  
 ^ Platform      ^ Archive ^ ^ 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]] | +| Windows-i386  | [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.zip|Nightly-build (sbbs_dev.zip)]] [[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]] |+| Linux-x64     | [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_dev.tgz|Nightly-build (sbbs_dev.tgz)]] [[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]] | | FreeBSD-amd64 | [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=sbbs-freebsd|Continuous-build]] |
  
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 **Note**:\\ **Note**:\\
-The ''sbbs_run'' archive file (''.tgz'' for *nix, ''.zip'' for Windows) contains a super-set of the files contained within the archive files referenced below. If you've already downloaded the ''sbbs_run'' archive, then you already have all the necessary files (plus a lot more) and do not need to download the smaller archives referenced below.+The ''sbbs_run'' archive file (''[[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_run.tgz|sbbs_run.tgz]]'' for *nix, ''[[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbs_run.zip|sbbs_run.zip]]'' for Windows) contains a super-set of the files contained within the archive files referenced below. If you've already downloaded the ''sbbs_run'' archive, then you already have all the necessary files (plus a lot more) and do not need to download the smaller archives referenced below.
  
   - 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)).
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   - 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 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. If you don't have have or expect to make any edits to your ''text.dat'' file, consider just using a 0-byte ''text.dat'' file to always [[custom:text.dat#use defaults]].
   - Download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.tgz|*nix]] format   - Download the daily archive of the ''[[dir:text]]'' directory: [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.zip|Windows]] or [[ftp://ftp.synchro.net/sbbstext.tgz|*nix]] format
   - If you have **no** customized files in your ''[[dir:text]]'' directory, extract the ''sbbstext'' archive into your Synchronet ''text'' directory, over-writing existing files   - If you have **no** customized files in your ''[[dir:text]]'' directory, extract the ''sbbstext'' archive into your Synchronet ''text'' directory, over-writing existing files