Updating

Caution

We're currently in transition to a new online documentation at Laravel-AdminLTE Documentation. As a result of this move, the WIKI pages could be outdated in the future, so we recommend you to read the new online documentation instead.

To perform an update on this package, please use the next steps as reference:

1. Update the package with composer

On the root folder of your project, update the package with the next composer command:

composer update jeroennoten/laravel-adminlte

2. Update the underlying AdminLTE files

Update the underlying AdminLTE resources files by executing the next command:

php artisan adminlte:update

Note

This command will only update the underlying AdminLTE distribution files and its dependencies (Bootstrap, jQuery, etc.) that were installed in your public/vendor folder.

3. Review the package published views (optional)

If you had previously published and modified the default master.blade.php file, the page.blade.php file or any other view provided by this package, then you may need to update them too. Please, note there could be huge updates on those views, so it's highly recommended to backup your set of previously published view files.

Tip

You may use a comparison tool (like meld) in order to identify the differences between the previously published files and the new ones. For this, you will need to compare the published files at resources/views/vendor/adminlte with the package provided ones, at vendor/jeroennoten/laravel-adminlte/resources/views/.

To update the published package views, you may follow next steps:

• Make a copy (or backup) of the previously published views, those inside the folder resources/views/vendor/adminlte.

• Publish the new set of views, using the --force option to overwrite the already existing files.

  php artisan adminlte:install --only=main_views --force

• Compare the new installed views with your backup files and redo the modifications you had previously made to those views.

4. Review the package configuration (optional)

From time to time, new configuration options may be added or default values may be changed, so it's also a recommendation to verify and update your package configuration file if needed. To update the configuration, you may follow next steps:

• Make a copy (or backup) of your current package configuration file, the config/adminlte.php file.

• Publish the new package configuration file and accept the overwrite warning (or use --force option to avoid the warning).

  php artisan adminlte:install --only=config

• Compare the new file with your backup configuration file and redo the modifications you had previously made.

5. Update the underlying AdminLTE plugins (very optional)

In the particular case that the package update includes jumping to a new version of the underlying AdminLTE package, you may also want to update the plugins you had previously installed using the command php artisan adminlte:plugins install --plugin=somePlugin. In this case, you may proceed as explained below.

• Execute the command php artisan adminlte:plugins to get a status overview of the previously installed plugins.

• For those ones that you see the mismatch legend on the status column, you may want to perform an update of the plugin by executing the next command:

  php artisan adminlte:plugins install --plugin=thePluginKeyWithMismatchLegend