XF 2.1 Unable to upgrade from RC2 only new install

[dethfire]

I can't seem to get to upgrade, the system only wants to install fresh it appears. I uploaded the upgrade package twice and it always sends me to this:


Your server meets all of XenForo requirements and you're now ready to begin installation.

then

A configuration file already exists. Would you like to use the existing values?

then

XenForo is already installed in your database. Continuing will remove all XenForo-related data from your database!

then


You cannot proceed unless all XenForo database tables are removed.

If I goto admin.php I get

The site is currently being upgraded. Please check back later.


How to I trigger upgrade instead of fresh install?

 

[Ozzy47]

Sounds like you downloaded/uploaded the full package instead of the upgrade package?

 

[Paul B]

In general, the only way this would happen is if the library/config.php and internal_data/install-lock.php files are not available.

You can create a new install-lock.php file if necessary.

 

[dethfire]

Sounds like you downloaded/uploaded the full package instead of the upgrade package?

I thought that and I'll try a download again but the folder says "xenforo_2.1.0_04BADB803F_upgrade". So if I did download install package the folder name is a bit misleading.

 

[dethfire]

You can create a new install-lock.php file if necessary.

Indeed this is missing, is this an empty file?

 

[Paul B]

More or less.

Just create one with this:

<?php header('Location: ../index.php'); /* Installed: Sat, 28 Dec 13 16:58:36 +0000 */

 

[dethfire]

More or less.

Just create one with this:

<?php header('Location: ../index.php'); /* Installed: Sat, 28 Dec 13 16:58:36 +0000 */

upgrade successful, thanks!

 

[Mike]

The question is how that file disappeared. The upgrade package doesn't include the data or internal_data directories at all, so it normally shouldn't have touched that. That file is normally created when an install completes and is otherwise never removed.

Commonly, this happens when an FTP client is set to overwrite or sync a directory, which usually means it deletes files that weren't found in what you tried to upload. If this is the case, then that would tend to mean that avatars and attachments may be removed, so you should check that those directories are still present (under data and internal_data).

(You'd want the client to "merge" files, so it doesn't remove any files it shouldn't.)

 

[Diana]

More or less.

Just create one with this:

<?php header('Location: ../index.php'); /* Installed: Sat, 28 Dec 13 16:58:36 +0000 */

I'm having the same problem with an upgrade.

Where does this file go?

 

[Brad Padgett]

I'm having the same problem with an upgrade.

Where does this file go?

It's goes directly inside the internal_data folder

 

[Diana]

It's goes directly inside the internal_data folder

Sorry, I'm not savvy about this stuff. Where is the folder?

 

[Brad Padgett]

Sorry, I'm not savvy about this stuff. Where is the folder?

Inside your main Xenforo 2 directory there's a folder called internal_data. Place the install-lock file directly in that.

 

[Diana]

I don't see a "main xenforo 2 directory" in either the admin (where it has not as yet been installed) nor the folders to be uploaded.

 

[Brad Padgett]

I don't see a "main xenforo 2 directory" in either the admin (where it has not as yet been installed) nor the folders to be uploaded.

Do you see the internal_data folder? It's not hard to find. It's one of the main folders inside of upload....