Best way to Upgrade wamp 2.0 to 2.5

Question

My wamp 2.0 is using around more than 100 large database and a lot of projects.I also made around more than 50 virtual host. Now I need to upgrade wamp 2.0 to 2.5.

I got some suggestion on internet that take back up of database and files , then uninstall wamp 2.0 and install 2.5 then set up every thing again, but it seems it is not a right way.

What is the best way ?

Irvingirwin

There is a HowTO on the WAMPServer Forum site Installing a new release of WAMPServer – Shevlo

Answer 1

Usually I follow following steps to do it easily.

1. Stop Wamp Service
2. Rename the wamp folder to wamp-backup
3. Download latest version of wamp and install it
4. Rename the data folder of mysql with some different name (C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.20)
5. copy data folder of mysql from wamp-backup and paste it to new install wamp mysql folder (C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.5.20)
6. Rename new httpd-vhosts.conf file to httpd-vhosts-backup.conf.
7. Copy old httpd-vhosts.conf and paste to new installed wamp (C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.21\conf\extra)
8. In apache 2.4, the directive Allow was dropped in favor of new directive Require. So change the settings from Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from all to Require all granted

From

Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from all

to

Require all granted

9.The old www folder in wamp needs to be copied into the new one. Let me know whether it's working or not.

Publisher

Thanks Vikas, It is working for me now. Specially thanks to indicate the mojor thing that is In apache 2.4, the directive Allow was dropped in favor of new directive Require – Irvingirwin

@vikas kumar how to set the directives (step no 8). i had the same problem, but can't understand it. – Mandelbaum

@adeeliqbal Step 8 is for vhost.If you want to make virtual host, then it will be used. – Publisher

Also you have to uncomment the line Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf in the file: bin\apache\apache2.4.9\conf\httpd.conf – Dickman

Incase u don't understand how to do step 8, actually he just ask u to change the text in httpd-vhosts.conf at directory C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.21\conf\extra – Outage

One more step. The old www folder in wamp needs to be copied into the new one. – Gibb

Thanks - just used your approach to switch from Wampserver 2.4 to Wampserver 3.0 - worked beautifully. Only additional thing I had to do was to download and install the latest Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 but that's related to the wampserver version and not to your answer. Anyway - thanks again! – Chukchi

Ok a word of warning - don't copy the mysql data folder. Instead, copy the entire mysql.x.y.z folder into C:\wamp\bin\mysql and then you'll have the option to switch to the old version of mysql from within the wamp manager. At first it appeared that everything is working for me but it turned out copying just the data from one msql version to another is a recipe for disaster. I ended up with a corrupt mysq.user table and a whole lot of related PITA issues. So instead I just copied the entire mysql version to the new wamp server and now everything works beautifully. – Chukchi

Answer 2

you should do this , I recently updated it , first of all I took my Wamp directory back, then uninstall Wamp not remove the www directory , After that install the latest wamp on the same location , after this copy the folder named data inside the old wamp bin\mysql\mysql5.5.24 and paste that folder inside your new wamp on the same location then run your projects after starting the wamp services.

Note: folder version of db may be different and also latest wamp is based on virtual host so create v hosts also

Thanks

Kentigera

Answer 3

You may directly Upgrade Wampserver from Secondary repository of Wampserver files.

There are various options present on the site:

1. Install Wampserver full version
2. Wampserver Update
3. Addons-
   • Applications
   • Apache
   • PHP
   • MySQL
   • MariaDB

Also, one could directly download Tools and Visual C++ packages from here.

So, my suggestion would not be to make any changes in any file in the wamp, nor uninstall the present wamp, and download the latest version. Simply update your wampserver from this website.

There will be no change to the Apache, PHP, MySQL, and MariaDB settings and versions used; your local sites and databases will not be affected. This update will be necessary to be able to install the last addons Apache, PHP, MySQL or MariaDB

Quoted from the site itself.

NOTE: Before uptading, you may just make a copy/backup of your "wamp folder" somewhere on your local machine. In case there is some issue in the update, you won't lose any file and always be able to restore your previous work.

Hope this answer helps someone, if it does kindly upvote. All the best!

Lallage

Answer 4

To update to latest wamp version safely, use http://wampserver.aviatechno.net/ You can update complete wamp or install newer php/apache versions.

Reiche