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CustomBuild Update DirectAdmin

DirectAdmin is a popular web hosting control panel. It simplifies server management tasks. One of its powerful features is the CustomBuild script. It allows users to install, update, and configure various software components on their servers.

Today, we are going to take a look at how to use CustomBuild to update software packages, automate updates, and override specific package versions.

How to Update CustomBuild

In order to make sure we have the latest features and bug fixes available, we have to keep CustomBuild up to date. We can do this in DirectAdmin, by running this command:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update

This command will update the script to the latest version, and ensure we have access to the most recent enhancements.

How to Update Software Manually

Additionally, CustomBuild makes it easy to update our software components. We can check the currently used software versions and see if updates are available, with this command:

./build versions

We can update the available software packages, as seen here:

./build update_versions

Furthermore, we can automate the updating process with this command:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build set cron yes
./build set cron_frequency weekly
./build set email your@email.com
./build set notifications yes
./build cron

CustomBuild also offers a way to update both the operating system packages and the packages managed by DirectAdmin with this command:

./build update_full

Additionally, we can override package versions with CustomBuild. For instance:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
echo "curl:7.38.0:" >> custom_versions.txt
./build "curl"

Here, we can add the desired version to the `custom_versions.txt` file, to override the version specified in the `versions.txt` file and install the desired version of the package. Let us know in the comments if you would like to know more about CustomBuild in DirectAdmin.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Techs demonstrated how to use CustomBuild to update and configure various software components in DirectAdmin.