Failure during update to 24.2 from 24.1

[Mukrosz]

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NZBGet Version

v24.2-stable

Platform

Linux/Docker

Environment

Device: Virtual VM
OS version: Ubuntu 22.04.4 64bit
Includes libs or tool that apply: NA
Running in Docker: No

Current Behavior

In the GUI I am offered to update from 24.1 to 24.2. Attempting to do so results in:

Executing update-script /usr/bin/install-update.sh
bash: /usr/bin/install-update.sh: No such file or directory

I checked the server and see no such file (install-update.sh) anywhere.
Any pointers?

Expected Behavior

Expectation of a smooth 24.1 to 24.2 update via GUI

Steps To Reproduce

In Webgui > Settings > System > Update NZBGet > Check for Updates > Install 24.2

Logs

No relevant logs in /var/log/syslog

Extra information

No response

[luckedea]

Just did some testing on Ubuntu - looks to be working fine. @dnzbk please review.

[dnzbk]

Did you install NZBGet using the installer or did you build and install it manually?

For now, you can get install-update.sh and put it into /usr/bin/ to fix the issue.

[Mukrosz]

Thank you for your time @luckedea @dnzbk.
Initially I tried using https://nzbget.com/download/nzbget-latest-bin-linux.run but that did not work (cannot remember the details) so I had to pull the .deb package from github:

wget https://github.com/nzbgetcom/nzbget/releases/download/v24.1/nzbget-24.1-amd64.deb
dpkg -i nzbget-24.1-amd64.deb

I placed the install-update.sh in /usr/bin and now when trying to update in the WebGUI, I get:

Executing update-script /usr/bin/install-update.sh
File "installer.cfg" is missing in the installation directory. Please reinstall NZBGet.

The only nzbget relevant directories I see are:

/var/lib/nzbget/
/usr/share/nzbget/

Based on the contents of the .sh file, it failed to establish the INSTALLERCFG variable:
INSTALLERCFG=`cat "$NZBOP_APPDIR/installer.cfg" 2>/dev/null` if test "$INSTALLERCFG" = ""; then echo "[ERROR] File \"installer.cfg\" is missing in the installation directory. Please reinstall NZBGet." exit 1 fi

[dnzbk]

I see. This needs to be fixed for sure.
Thank you for the report.

[colemar]

Same problem updating from 24.5 to 24.8 on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS, altough I can't remember where I began with NZBGet.
So I decided to install the DEB repository as explained in https://nzbgetcom.github.io/
But I see even the deb package lacks the file /usr/bin/install-update.sh:

# apt info nzbget
Package: nzbget
Version: 24.8
Priority: optional
Section: net
Maintainer: nzbget.com <[email protected]>
Installed-Size: unknown
Depends: adduser, init-system-helpers, systemd
Recommends: python3, 7zip, unrar
Homepage: https://nzbget.com
Download-Size: 6,880 kB
APT-Sources: https://nzbgetcom.github.io/deb stable/main all Packages
Description: Command-line based binary newsgrabber for nzb files, written in C++
 NZBGet is a command-line based binary newsgrabber for nzb files,
 written in C++.
 It supports client/server mode, automatic par-check/-repair,
 unpack and web-interface. NZBGet requires low system resources.

# apt-file list nzbget
nzbget: /usr/bin/nzbget
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/COPYING.gz
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/README.Debian
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/README.gz
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/changelog.Debian.gz
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/copyright
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/examples/nzbget.conf
nzbget: /usr/share/doc/nzbget/examples/nzbget.systemd
nzbget: /usr/share/man/man1/nzbget.1.gz
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/nzbget.conf
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/scripts/EMail.py
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/scripts/Logger.py
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/config.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/downloads.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/edit.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/fasttable.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/feed.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/history.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/download-anim-green-2x.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/download-anim-orange-2x.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/favicon-256x256-opaque.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/favicon-256x256.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/favicon.ico
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/icons-2x.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/icons.png
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/transmit-file.gif
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/transmit-reload-2x.gif
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/img/transmit.gif
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/index.html
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/index.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/bootstrap.css
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/bootstrap.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/bootstrap.min.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/elycharts.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/elycharts.min.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/jquery.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/jquery.min.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/lib/raphael.min.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/messages.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/status.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/style.css
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/upload.js
nzbget: /usr/share/nzbget/webui/util.js

Therefore I assume the next internal update will fail as well.

[phnzb]

Internal updater can only be used for NZBGet setups using official NZBGet installer on Linux / Android / FreeBSD and Windows (this includes Synology (SynoCommunity) and ASUSTOR packages).
For other installation methods the internal updater is not available, but other update methods work:

Docker: when using latest or testing tags - docker pull / docker compose pull and restart container.
Linux packages: for release versions installed from the nzbgetcom repository - update via package manager (apt / yum / dnf).

Other platforms and installation methods - only manual download and installation of new version (including testing versions of rpm/deb packages)

Closing the issue as resolved.