upgrading.md

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Instructions on how to upgrade to the latest version of Mailchain

Updating Mailchain

What Version of Mailchain Am I Running?

To check which version of Mailchain you are running, use the mailchain version command. For example:`

$ mailchain version
Version: v0.0.36

The latest release version can be seen on the Mailchain releases page on Github.

Upgrade on a Mac via Homebrew

If you used Homebrew to install Mailchain, you can easily upgrade by running:

brew upgrade mailchain

Checking if Mailchain was installed using Homebrew

You can check if Mailchain was installed with Homebrew by running:

brew list mailchain

Installed: /usr/local/Cellar/mailchain/X.Y.Z/bin/mailchain

Not installed: Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/mailchain

Quick Upgrade (Linux and Windows)

To upgrade Mailchain suing the installation scripts, run the following command to download and upgrade the application on your local machine.

curl -sL https://run.mailchain.xyz/install.sh | sh

Manual Upgrade

To choose where to store the application, you can install mailchain manually.

Download the latest release

Download the application directly via the Mailchain releases page. Save it to the directory you initially saved mailchain to (we recommended you save it in your home directory: ~/.mailchain/bin).

Checking where Mailchain is saved to:

To check where Mailchain was saved to, run the following command in Terminal:

which mailchain