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Updating Soapbox
You should always check the release notes/changelog in case there are deprecations, special update changes, etc.
Besides that, it's relatively pretty easy to update Soapbox FE. There's two ways to go about it: with the command line or with an unofficial script.
Updating with the command line
To update Soapbox FE via the command line, do the following:
# Download the build.
curl -L https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox-fe/-/jobs/artifacts/v(latest.version.here)/download?job=build-production -o soapbox-fe.zip
# Remove all the current Soapbox FE build in Pleroma's instance directory.
rm -R /opt/pleroma/instance/static/packs
rm /opt/pleroma/instance/static/index.html
rm -R /opt/pleroma/instance/static/sounds
# Unzip the new build to Pleroma's instance directory.
busybox unzip soapbox-fe.zip -o -d /opt/pleroma/instance
Updating with an unofficial script
You can also update Soapbox using Sandia Mesa's updater bash script for Soapbox FE.
First, download the updater script if you haven't yet: sudo -Hu pleroma wget -P /var/lib/pleroma https://code.sandiamesa.com/traboone/soapbox-update/raw/branch/master/soapbox-update.sh -N
Then, set the permissions of the updater script so that it can be executed: chmod u+x /var/lib/pleroma/soapbox-update.sh
Finally, go to the Pleroma user's directory cd /var/lib/pleroma and then run sudo -Hu pleroma ./soapbox-update.sh.
After updating Soapbox
The changes take effect immediately, just refresh your browser tab. It's not necessary to restart the Pleroma service.