51.13. Upgrading Webmin
Webmin has the ability to upgrade itself when a new version comes out—either from a file that you have already downloaded or from a package that it fetches from www.webmin.com for you. Even though it is quite possible to upgrade from the command line by installing the latest RPM or tar.gz package, doing it from within this module is even easier and less prone to error.
Webmin can only be upgraded using the same type of package from which it was originally installed. This means that if you used the tar.gz format originally, an upgrade can only be done from another tar.gz file. An RPM install can also only be upgraded from a newer RPM package. Of course, when Webmin downloads the newest version for you, it will always choose ...
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