Upgrading Magento 1 through command line

Posted in Magento on 4 October 2017

Alternative: Upgrade Magento using the Magento Connect Downloader

Upgrading Magento is a must to keep your store in top-top condition, protect your customers and your business.

Upgrading Magento through command line is the easiest way to make sure you are running the latest version of the Magento Software

  • Load the root directory of your Magento store
  • Make sure the “mage” file has the right permissions: chmod 777 mage
  • Then launch Magento set-up: ./mage mage-setup

  • If all goes well you can then pull the latest version of the code source code:

    ./mage install http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community Mage_All_Latest --force

If things didn’t go well with mage-setup you may need to run set som preferences….

  1. Make sure your prefered code is set: ./mage config-set preferred_state stable
  2. Then sync your changes: ./mage sync

You can then try the install command again.

That should do the trick.