Trying To Update On Ds1813+ But Lost

[Lobo204]

I've been using synocommunity to install and update my btsync on my Synology DS1813+, but now it seems synocommunity has become a bit unreliable. 

 

How can I update this manually? 

Do I need to take remove it first from the packages and then re-install it manually?

 

Regards

 

Total Noob

 

 

[Harold Feit]

You should be able to just replace the binary the package installed with the correct one for the architecture of your synology.

uname -a from a command shell will help you get the information about what platform to go for.

[Lobo204]

x86_64 GNU/Linux synology_cedarview_1813+

 

Is what I get.

But my knowledge of getting around via SSH is limited, I don't know hot to get to the bin folder to replace the appropriate files.

 

This is the kind of thing I need to know how to do once and then I'll be able to do it for as long as I need.

[RomanZ]

@Lobo204,

 

The steps are pretty much common with all Linux environments. The command output shows you need to use x64 binary (however, x86 should also work).

 

1. Connect to your NAS via SSH.

2. Stop btsync (kill <btsync_process_id> would do the job)

3. download BTSync binary ("wget http://download-lb.utorrent.com/endpoint/btsync/os/linux-x64/track/stable")

4. unpack binary (tar -zxf <archive_name>)

5. use "find / -name btsync" command to locate btsync binary

6. replace if with freshly downloaded.

7. start BTSync.

[Lobo204]

thanks RomanZ, I'll give it a go.

One question though,where does it download the package too?

thanks for the continuing education.

[Lobo204]

@RomanZ.

Got it. Many thanks. I've learned something new today.

[creakyshrimp]

some of the synocommunity packages are here:

http://synology.w01.eu

you can manually install them through the package manager

btsync from these pacakages installs in /usr/local/btsync