Installation and Update

This article shows how to install and update WikiTraccs.

Downloading and running WikiTraccs for the first time

Downloading and running WikiTraccs for the first time is covered in the Getting started guide, in section STEP ONE: Download WikiTraccs.

It boils down to downloading and extracting a zip file. No installation needed.

Updating WikiTraccs

New releases are published in the WikiTraccs Releases GitHub repository under Releases.

Tip

Activate notifications for releases on GitHub to stay up to date with new releases.

Updating WikiTraccs works as follows:

perform the same steps as described in above section Downloading and running WikiTraccs for the first time, just to a different directory (so don’t overwrite the old version)
(optional) if you configured something via appsettings.json copy this file from the old to the new directory, into the same sub directory (either WikiTraccs.GUI or WikiTraccs.Console)
run WikiTraccs (GUI or Console) from the new directory

You are now running the new version of WikiTraccs.

Note

You might want to keep the old WikiTraccs directory around in case you need to switch back to the old version or have a look at old log files.

The settings configured via the WikiTraccs.GUI “blue window” are preserved automatically. Those settings are stored in the current Windows user’s app directory. For details about the location, see File Storage.

As long as the temporary folder is not cleared the file is there. You can also back up and restore this file as needed.

Note

Don’t modify this settings file, it belongs to WikiTraccs.GUI. Use appsettings.json if you must.

Last modified February 29, 2024