At my webserver I have ssh-access but no access to the composer binary. If i run composer update , file was not found. I have some update troubles with the web-interface and so I have to run the command manually. What can I do? I can imagine some like the following: backup doc-root delete the doc-root upload the new master (setup and setup.php) run setup.php restore some files from the backup or have I to backup doc-root run the composer at my local computer upload the files to webserver restore some files from the backup But what is the best way? What are the concrete steps?

How to update manually without composer?

gnulf

At my webserver I have ssh-access but no access to the composer binary. If i run composer update, file was not found.

I have some update troubles with the web-interface and so I have to run the command manually.

What can I do?

I can imagine some like the following:

backup doc-root
delete the doc-root
upload the new master (setup and setup.php)
run setup.php
restore some files from the backup

or have I to

backup doc-root
run the composer at my local computer
upload the files to webserver
restore some files from the backup

But what is the best way? What are the concrete steps?

sampoyigi

gnulf Your second approach is the way i’d do it. Run composer on your local computer then upload the files to your webserver but make sure both local and webserver are running the same PHP versions.

massweb

You have to download composer.phar with the command: curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | /usr/bin/php8.0-cli

Now the composer.phar file appears in the current file
Then you can use composer by running compoer.phar: php comoser.phar install or /usr/bin/php8.0-cli composer.phar install

gnulf

massweb Thanks for that hint 🙂 But … works this on a shared webhosting with no root access? (Sorry I forgot to mentioned that)

gnulf

sampoyigi Ok, thanks. I’ll try this 🙂