Reinstall the Magento software
A contributing developer reinstalls Magento by updating composer.json
to specify the Magento product version and component versions desired and runs composer update
.
To reinstall the Magento software as a contributing developer:
- Log in to your Magento server as a user with permissions to modify files in the Magento file system (for example, the switch to the Magento file system owner.
-
Make a backup copy of
composer.json
in your Magento installation directory:1
cd <magento_root>
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cp composer.json composer.json.bak
- Open
composer.json
in a text editor. -
Locate the following line:
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"require": { "magento/product-community-edition": "<version>" },
-
Replace
<version>
with the version to which you want to upgrade, where<version>
is the product version to use.(The product version is in the format
2.0.x
)
.
- Save your changes to
composer.json
and exit the text editor. -
Enter the following command:
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composer update
Wait for dependencies to update.
- Install the Magento software.