Updating siril to new version

Software Siril
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Hello!

I am new and using siril now for a coupe of times. I was still using 1.2.4, but I now see we are already in 1.2.6 (and even a beta releasing).
When I press the ‘Check for update’ button in Siril, it still says that it is up to date. Can i update the program, without needing to do a fresh 1.2.6 install?

Regards, Tomas

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download the new version and install it.

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Thank you for the reply, I will do that. So every time there is a new version you need a fresh install?

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Yes, indeed.

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Tring to install 1.4.0 Beta on Ubuntu 24.04 using the instructions:
here
but when I use

flatpak install flathub org.siril.Siril

my system says “Skipping: org.siril.Siril/x86_64/stable is already installed”

using
flatpak remote-info --log flathub org.siril.Siril
shows that ver 1.4.0-beta1 is available:

Siril - Astronomical image processor

        ID: org.siril.Siril
       Ref: app/org.siril.Siril/x86_64/stable
      Arch: x86_64
    Branch: stable
   Version: 1.4.0-beta1
   License: GPL-3.0+
Collection: org.flathub.Stable
  Download: 63.3 MB
 Installed: 155.8 MB
   Runtime: org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/48
       Sdk: org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/48

Am I doing something wrong - generally flatpak works without problems?
Thanks

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This version is pretty new. If you’re on the beta channel for the flatpak, I don’t think you’ll get the stable release.

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if you are using ubuntu, you should be using apt instead: Installation on GNU/Linux — Siril 1.4.0-beta1 documentation

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Well. PPA are not updated yet :).

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Just tried to install Siril flatpak with no issue at all.
So probably the error is on your end.

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Can you share what command you used?
As I mentioned, if I use the
flatpak install flathub org.siril.Siril
it fails to install…
Maybe I need to uninstall version 1.2.6?

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I tried that first, but it just installed 1.2.6 - and notified about the update being available from siril.org. Going back to the start again…

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flatpak install org.siril.Siril
flatpak run org.siril.Siril
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OK, thanks - this still just downloaded version 1.2.6, so I completely uninstalled org.siril.Siril and then reinstalled and version 1.4.0-beta installed!
The reinstallation was a lot bigger and added 5 other packages:

       ID                                              Branch      Op  Remote   Download
 1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default             24.08       u   flathub   63.1 MB / 155.7 MB
 2. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default             24.08extra  u   flathub   23.0 MB / 155.7 MB
 3. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-256-02   1.4         u   flathub    3.7 kB / 218.0 MB
 4. [✓] org.gnome.Platform.Locale                       48          i   flathub   18.6 kB / 387.8 MB
 5. [✓] org.gnome.Platform                              48          i   flathub  264.5 MB / 398.4 MB
 6. [✓] org.siril.Siril.Locale                          stable      i   flathub    7.2 kB / 2.5 MB
 7. [✓] org.siril.Siril                                 stable      i   flathub   60.6 MB / 63.3 MB

So in my case a full uninstall is required before updating.
Thanks all for help - I’m just starting out with siril and finding it very capable (even with just a DSLR and equatorial mount - no scope)