Update phpBB new version
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 3:11 pm
download new FULL PACKAGE from https://www.phpbb.com/downloads/
upload and extract to webserver.
remove the following files/directories from the extracted archive.
The config.php file
The files/ directory
The images/ directory
The store/ directory
remove the following file/directories from the webserver root
/vendor
/cache
copy new files over
change permissions
visit the following address to initiate the update...
http://yourwebsite.com/install/app.php
upload and extract to webserver.
remove the following files/directories from the extracted archive.
The config.php file
The files/ directory
The images/ directory
The store/ directory
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cd phpBB3
rm config.php
rm -rf images/ store/ files//vendor
/cache
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cd /var/www/zemerdon.com/
rm -rf vendor/ cache/ install/
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cp -R /home/zemerdon/pgpbb/phpBB3/* /var/www/zemerdon.com/
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chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/zemerdon.com/*http://yourwebsite.com/install/app.php