[GLLUG] Updating Drupal 7.x modules

[Frank Dolinar]

Hi, everyone  (...and especially Clay...),
     I got a notification about one of the D7 modules (Chaos Tools 
Suite) having a new release.
     I did some searching on how to perform this update after I had done 
the following:
1) I discovered that the simplest approach (i.e. adding a new module) 
did not work since the installation package said that the module was 
already installed.  (Strike One)
2) I found a couple of threads that indicated a difference of opinion 
between a process that included disabling / uninstalling the old version 
and then installing the new version  versus a process that involved what 
amounted to a reconstruction (from scratch, apparently) of the website 
from a backup database created for the purpose plus a less than well 
documented description of needing to do some post-processing with PHP.   
Since my knowledge of PHP is minimal at best, I decided not to try this. 
   And there was some disagreement about whether the uninstall of the 
old module works at all.  (Strike Two)

     I decided to ask for help before I got myself in a corner.

     For clarification, my website is working without the new version of 
Chaos Tools, but I think having the latest version is generally a good idea.

Frank

P.S.  I single out Clay to pick on because he got me started with 
Drupal.    Paybacks...


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