Upgrading 4.5 or higher to 4.6.3

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The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as - 4.5, with the exception of OpenFTS. OpenACS 4.6 and later require OpenFTS 0.3.2 for full text search on PostGreSQL. If you have OpenFTS 0.2, you'll need to upgrade.

If upgrading from 4.4, you need to manually run acs-kernel/sql/postgres/upgrade-4.4-4.5.sql. See Bug #632

A computer with OpenACS 4.5.
OpenACS 4.6 tarball or CVS checkout/export.
Required for Full Text Search on PostgreSQL: OpenFTS 0.3.2

Make a Backup. Back up the database and filesystem (see the section called “Manual backup and recovery”).
OPTIONAL: Upgrade OpenFTS. the section called “Upgrading OpenFTS from 0.2 to 0.3.2”
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Upgrading 4.5 or higher to 4.6.3
The required platform for OpenACS 4.6 is the same as + 4.5, with the exception of OpenFTS. OpenACS 4.6 and later require OpenFTS 0.3.2 for full text search on PostgreSQL. If you have OpenFTS 0.2, you'll need to upgrade.
If upgrading from 4.4, you need to manually run acs-kernel/sql/postgres/upgrade-4.4-4.5.sql. See Bug #632
- A computer with OpenACS 4.5.
- OpenACS 4.6 tarball or CVS checkout/export.
- Required for Full Text Search on PostgreSQL: OpenFTS 0.3.2
1. Make a Backup. Back up the database and filesystem (see the section called “Manual backup and recovery”).
2. OPTIONAL: Upgrade OpenFTS. the section called “Upgrading OpenFTS from 0.2 to 0.3.2”
3. Stop the server
```
[root root]# svc -d /service/$OPENACS_SERVICE_NAME
```
4. Upgrade the filesystem. the section called “Upgrading the OpenACS files”
5. Start the server