ownCloud does not have a feature for automatically or for manually initiating the installation of new version releases. An administrator "update" feature (third party) is available, but will only work in a "traditional" LAMP server environment using ownCloud install defaults. Moving to a new release is usually achieved by installing a newly updated "one click install" Amahi package but installing the . Installing a new ownCloud release manually is also possiblebut can introduce security risks. Reinstalling a new Amahi package is a safer practice than a manual install. Like a lot software in the Open Source world when there is a new ownCloud version release, any third party applications written by a "third party author" may not work as expected with a new release. It takes time for the third party authors to update their applications to work with a new ownCloud release. Some third party applications can be "restored" from backups or re-installed from the ownCloud applications store successfully for a new ownCloud version release.

'''Please Note:''' Information following is based on Fedora installations.

===Manually Installing a New Updating ownCloud Version Releaseon Amahi===

• If you had 3rd party applications, check if they provide versions compatible with the new release. If so, install and enable them, update procedures will run if needed. An administrator "update" feature (third party) is available, but will only work in a "traditional" LAMP server environment using ownCloud install defaults. Once the "one click install" Amahi package has been updated to a new version of ownCloud the package will have to be reinstalled.