If your SparkBox is stuck on an old version, here's the 2-minute fix
Posted by tomspark
Quick heads-up for anyone whose SparkBox hasn't updated in a while. An older release had a bug that quietly switched auto-updates off, and — annoyingly — a box in that state can't fix itself, because the thing that's broken is the updater. That's on me. It's fixed in current versions, but a stuck box has to be nudged once by hand to get there. How to tell if it's you: open your dashboard and look at the version number at the bottom. If it starts with 1.6.5, you're fine — nothing to do. If it's lower, do the fix below. The fix (works on any version, keeps all your data): From your box's command line — SSH in, or plug a keyboard and monitor into it — run the same command you first installed SparkBox with: curl -fsSL https://get.tomsparkbox.com/install.sh | sudo bash It updates your box in place. Your apps, settings, logins and files are all preserved. Give it a few minutes. When it finishes you'll be on the latest version, and updates work normally again from then on — this is a one-time thing. If you hit any trouble, reply here and we'll sort it out.
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pereze94 wrote:
Yay! My box was one of the ones that you helped me manually update every time. Enough to where I recognized the command posted. Thank you for your hard work. I'm happy to know that it will update with a press of a button now.