Upgrade and uninstall

Upgrade

Download the newer package and install it with the same command used for the first install:

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install "./recond_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"

Fedora / RHEL-compatible

sudo dnf install "./recond-${VERSION}-1.${ARCH}.rpm"

openSUSE

sudo zypper install --allow-unsigned-rpm "./recond-${VERSION}-1.${ARCH}.rpm"

If the service is running, the package restarts it on the new binary. If it is stopped, it stays stopped, and whether it starts on boot does not change. Your config and state are left untouched.

recond -version
sudo systemctl status recond

If the restart after an upgrade fails, check journalctl -u recond, fix the cause, and run sudo systemctl restart recond.

Read the changelog before upgrading across a release with breaking changes. v0.5.0, for example, moved the default config and state paths.

Downgrade

Download the older package and install it as a downgrade. The service is restarted the same way as on an upgrade:

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt install --allow-downgrades "./recond_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb"

Fedora / RHEL-compatible

sudo dnf downgrade "./recond-${VERSION}-1.${ARCH}.rpm"

openSUSE

sudo zypper install --oldpackage --allow-unsigned-rpm "./recond-${VERSION}-1.${ARCH}.rpm"

Uninstall

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt remove recond   # keeps your config and deployment state
sudo apt purge recond    # removes everything, including /etc/recond and /var/lib/recond

Fedora / RHEL-compatible

sudo dnf remove recond

openSUSE

sudo zypper remove recond

Uninstalling stops and disables the service.

apt purge deletes your config and state

On Debian and Ubuntu, apt purge also deletes /etc/recond (including your config.yaml) and /var/lib/recond (including deployment state). Back them up first if you may reinstall later. apt remove, dnf remove, and zypper remove keep them.

RPM has no purge, so remove the config and state yourself if you no longer need them:

sudo rm -rf /etc/recond /var/lib/recond

Reinstall after uninstall

Reinstalling reuses the kept config and state, but the service stays disabled and stopped, because uninstalling disabled it. Start it again with:

sudo systemctl enable --now recond