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I use the Google cloud launcher to start a fresh Wordpress.

with the following VM :

Machine type f1-micro (1 vCPU, 0.6 GB memory) CPU platform Intel Ivy Bridge Zone us-central1-f

It was launched with an older version : 4.5.3-1

I tried to do an automatic update. it didn't work, and showed

The update could not be unpacked

Installation Failed

I tried following tutorials on https://community.bitnami.com/t/automatic-update-wordpress-4-6-is-not-working/43814/4

Connect to your server via SSH and execute:

sudo chown -R bitnami:daemon /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content
sudo chmod -R g+w /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content

Doesn't work for my case,

I also tried to use follow manual update https://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress. Delete the old wp-includes and wp-admin directories on your web host (through your FTP or shell access).

using filezilla ftp , i get a lot permission denied errors of different file names.

Error: rm /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-partial.php: permission denied

Please advice. how can i update this thing? Anyone facing the same issue? Google should put back their own wordpress.

Misha Brukman
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Baldric Huang
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You can try the following workaround to upgrade your old WordPress to the latest version:

  • Open /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php
  • Look for define('FS_METHOD', 'ftptext');
  • Replace it with define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
  • Change the permissions of /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs to allow the server user (daemon) to make the modifications. You can do that by executing sudo chown -R daemon /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs
  • Go to the WordPress admin panel and perform the automatic upgrade.
  • Change the permissions of /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs to it original ones. To do that, execute sudo chown -R bitnami:daemon /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs
  • Replace again the define('FS_METHOD', 'direct'); line with define('FS_METHOD', 'ftptext'); in the wp-config.php file

Hope it helps.

José Andrés
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