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# Updating on Linux
This tutorial demonstrates commands for updating FreshRSS. It assumes that your main FreshRSS directory is `/usr/share/FreshRSS`; If you’ve installed it somewhere else, substitute your path as necessary.
**Note that FreshRSS contains a built-in update system.** It’s easier to use if you don’t understand the commands that follow. It’s available through the web interface of your FreshRSS installation, Administration → Update.
Please read the general advices from “[Backing Up and Updating FreshRSS](04_Updating.md)” before applying any command from this guide.
## Pausing automatic feed updates
If [Automatic Feed Updating](08_FeedUpdates.md) has been configured, temporarily suspend the automatic feed updates during the upgrade process.
Before performing the upgrade:
1. cron method: run `sudo crontab -e` and comment out the task
2. systemd method: run `sudo systemctl stop freshrss.timer`
After performing the upgrade:
1. cron method: run `sudo crontab -e` and uncomment the task
2. systemd method: run `sudo systemctl start freshrss.timer`
You may wish to run the cron task or systemd unit (`freshrss.service`) immediately after the upgrade to ensure the automatic feed updates are functioning correctly.
## Using git
**You must have used git to install FreshRSS to use this update method.**
If your local user doesn’t have write access to the FreshRSS folder, use a sudo shell (`sudo -s`), prefix the following commands with `sudo`, or switch to an account that does have write access to the folder.
1. Change to your FreshRSS directory
```sh
cd /usr/share/FreshRSS/
```
2. Fetch the most recent code from GitHub
```sh
git fetch --all
```
3. Discard manual changes and delete manual additions
```sh
git reset --hard
git clean -f -d
```
Note: If you wish to keep your changes, it’s better to [create a pull request](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/compare) or [an extension](../developers/03_Backend/05_Extensions.md).
4. Update FreshRSS
```sh
git checkout edge
git pull
git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
```
Note: If you want to use the rolling release, the last command is optional.
5. (optional) Make sure you use the correct version
```sh
git status
```
The command should tell you the tag that you’re using. It must be the same as the one associated with [the latest release on GitHub](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/latest). If you use the rolling release, it should tell you that your `edge` branch is up to date with `origin`.
6. Re-set correct permissions so that your web server can access the files
```sh
chown -R :www-data . && chmod -R g+r . && chmod -R g+w ./data/
```
## Using the Zip archive
If your local user doesn’t have write access to the FreshRSS folder, use a sudo shell (`sudo -s`), prefix the following commands with `sudo`, or switch to an account that does have write access to the folder.
1. Change to your FreshRSS directory
```sh
cd /usr/share/FreshRSS/
```
2. Get the link to the Zip archive for [the latest release](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/releases/latest): [`https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/latest.zip`](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/latest.zip). If you want to use the rolling release, the link is [`https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/edge.zip`](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/edge.zip).
3. Download and unzip the update file
```sh
wget -O freshrss.zip https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/archive/latest.zip
unzip freshrss.zip
```
4. Overwrite all your existing files with the new ones
```sh
cp -R FreshRSS-*/* .
```
5. Re-set permissions
```sh
chown -R :www-data . && chmod -R g+r . && chmod -R g+w ./data/
```
6. Clean up the FreshRSS directory by deleting the downloaded zip and the temporary directory
```sh
rm -f freshrss.zip
rm -rf FreshRSS-*/
```
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