Upgrading

Upgrading from a 4.0.X version to 4.0.Y is very simple. You can upgrade from any 4.0.X version to any newer version. So you can upgrade from 4.0.1 straight to 4.0.13.

Linux/BSD/OS X

 * 1) Backup your existing /home/xxx/unrealircd directory:
 * cp -Rav /home/xxx/unrealircd /home/xxx/unrealircd.bak
 * 1) Download and install latest version of UnrealIRCd. See Installing from source and stop before Creating a configuration file.
 * 2) Double check: make sure you ran make install as this will install all new files in /home/xxx/unrealircd.
 * 3) Restart the IRCd to make the changes effective:
 * cd /home/xxx/unrealircd
 * ./unrealircd restart
 * ./unrealircd restart

Windows

 * 1) Just in case, make a backup of your UnrealIRCd directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\UnrealIRCd 4).
 * 2) Surf to https://www.unrealircd.org/ and click Downloads. Pick your branch, download the installer
 * 3) Run the installer
 * 4) Now restart your IRC Server (Stop UnrealIRCd, then Start UnrealIRCd)