Update your Joomla 1.5 Version Using Admin Tools

December 08, 2010 | Joomla Tutorials | Written by Nick Savov

So you are faced with having to upgrade your Joomla Core version. Where do you begin? You could do it manually, however, if you are new to Joomla, that can get a bit complicated. Thankfully, there is a great extension released by Akeeba, Admin Tools, which does the hard parts for you! Best of all, it is quick, easy, and safe!

Things to note first:

If you have made any changes to the core Joomla files, you will need to upgrade manually.
Backup first! (use steps 1 to 5 here)

Find Your Joomla Version

You can almost always find your Joomla version in the top right of your administrator backend. If it's not there you can go to Help -> System Info (see next image)

Download

Go to https://www.akeebabackup.com/download/admintools/admintools-2-2-10.html and then View files.

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Download now

Install

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In your site's administrator area, go to Extensions >> Install/Uninstall, click Browse to find the file and click Upload File & Install to complete the upload.

Upgrading Your Joomla Version

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In your site's administrator area, go to Components >> Admin Tools

Near the top right will be displayed your Joomla version and the latest Joomla version available.

Click on "Joomla! Core UPDATE FOUND" near the top left to get started.

You have two options for getting the latest version. (1) Upgrade (2) Reinstall.

In most cases it is best, and the recommended path, just to upgrade, as that will only install the necessary files to get to the most up-todate version from your current version. However, if your site has issues with corrupt files, then you would want to reinstall 1.5.22 which will replace all the core files, thus correcting any corrupted files.

In this example, we will upgrade to 1.5.22 which is, at the date of this tutorial, the most recent version.

Now you are given two options for extracting the files: (A) Directly (B) Using FTP

The simplest method is just to use the default "Write directly to files", however, with many shared hosts that is not possible, and so an FTP method is given. If you go with "Write directly to files", there is no need to change any of the FTP conguration; if, however, you use FTP, you will have to enter the correct credentials.

Once you've decided which method, simply click Update Joomla.

That is it! You have just updated your Joomla version, saved yourself a significant amount of time, and secured your site from known vulnerabilities! Mission accomplished by the powerful Admin Tool by Akeeba!

Comments

#1 Tenk 2011-01-25 14:16

Hey, big thx for this tutorial, is great :)

#2 Nick 2011-01-25 15:23

You are welcome, Tenk! :-)

#3 Umair 2011-02-21 05:30

awesome! Thanks very much :)

#4 Nick 2011-02-22 19:20

Hi Umair,

You're welcome! :-)

Check out some of our other tutorial as well if you have some time :-)

Kind regards,
Nick

#5 Jane Hooper 2011-06-28 10:41

You just stopped me pulling my hair out - thanks for the very clear tutorial

#6 Nick 2011-06-28 16:07

You're very welcome, Jane! That's why we're here :)

Kind regards,
Nick

#7 melisa 2011-06-29 08:05

hello
I have problem with this. My version could not be detected by this component. and when I click joomla core unknown I see this message:
Could not download Joomla! update information. Please visit www.joomla.org/download.html to make sure that you have the latest version installed on your site.

#8 Nick 2011-06-29 09:02

Hi Melisa,

What Joomla version do you currently have? You should be able to check in the bottom or top right of www.yourdomain.com/.../ (once you're logged in)

Kind regards,
Nick

#9 Scolaro 2011-07-05 07:38

Hi Nick,

sorry to butt in, but I have the same problem Melisa has. I'm running on Joomla 1.6.4 and the detection function is working neither with the local installation nor with the uploaded one.

All the best,
Scolaro

#10 Nick 2011-07-05 14:04

Hi Scolaro,

Joomla 1.6.4 is the latest Joomla version in the 1.6.4 line so you're up to date already :)

Kind regards,
Nick

#11 Peter 2011-07-21 07:34

Thank you very much for this tutorial :-)
We all know it's a lot of work in it.
All the best,
Peter

#12 psanborn 2011-07-21 16:32

iowawebco,
After choosing the Upgrade to 1.5.23 option using write directly to files I get the the following screen.
Libraries\Pictures\Joomla Up Err 1.jpg

Can you please help?

#13 Nick 2011-07-21 16:37

You're welcome, Peter! :)

Kind regards,
Nick

#14 Nick 2011-07-21 16:38

Hi and welcome, psanborn!

I can't see image that you uploaded. If you're a student could you post in our support forum, www.ostraining.com/forum, so that one of our support techs can help out?

Kind regards,
Nick

#15 dannielrolfe 2011-08-04 22:45

Just amazing!!!

#16 Nick 2011-08-04 22:51

Cheers, danniel! :)

#17 Lastivka 2011-10-06 11:23

Many thanks for the tutorial and clear instructions! Using the default "Extension Manager" had problem updating to Joomla 1.7.1 — using the Admin Tools Extension this was a 'breeze'.

#18 Nick 2011-10-06 22:02

Hi Lastivka!

You're welcome! I'm glad it worked out well for you! :) You should consider becoming a member here as we have a lot of great tips and tricks to share! :)

Kind regards,
Nick

#19 joycey 2011-10-23 18:28

Hi iowawebco,

Thanks so much for this tutorial! I need some help please? Using joomla 1.5.9 and just installed Admin tool to help me upgrade, it detected the latest version of joomla 1.5.24... when I click on update it does not give me two options but one to reinstall joomla 1.5.24 I have never had 1.5.24 installed I only have used 1.5.9. What could be the problem here?

Thank you

#20 joycey 2011-10-23 19:19

I found the update option on the next page, but it gives me an error message the file is corrupt..... cannot download file.

#21 Nick 2011-10-24 19:49

Hi Joycey,

Click on the Upgrade Package link which will download the Upgrade Package, then put it in your site's tmp directly. Run the process again and it should work for you.

Kind regards,
Nick

#22 Peter 2011-10-27 05:08

I have version 1.5.22 and want to upgrade to 1.5.24 but that option isn't available in Admin Tools. There is only a Reinstall button. Tried downloading and installing a patch from 1.5.22-1.5.23 from Joomlacode.org but it failed because it was missing the xml file. Any ideas?

Cheers,
Peter

#23 herby111 2011-11-19 02:14

Going from 1.5.10 to 1.5.25. I second that, no upgrade option given, only reinstall.
Thanks in advance for your help
-Derek

#24 Peter 2011-11-20 04:27

So to answer myself: I first used upgrade 1.5.22->1.5.23 and then after that I used 1.523->1.5.24 and it was done.

#25 Nick 2011-11-20 22:12

Hi Peter,

Sorry we didn't have a chance to answer. If you ever need quick help, we have a support forum available to students to get help within 1 business day. It's part of our online package: www.ostraining.com/online

I'm glad you got your issue sorted! For future reference, you could have simply re-installed as well and that would have worked and there wouldn't have been any issues.

Hope you have a good day!

Kind regards,
Nick

#26 Nick 2011-11-20 22:14

Hi Derek,

If you've followed the preceding directions, go ahead and reinstall. It will only reinstall your core files and won't touch 3rd party extensions.

Kind regards,
Nick

#27 Nods 2011-11-28 17:12

I'm trying to upgrade from 1.5.20 to 1.5.25, but keep getting a "ajax loading error, internal error when upgrade" message.
Any ideas what i'm doing wrong? I've tried searching everywhere for info, tried various attempts but nothing seems to work.
Big thanks in advance

#28 Nick 2011-11-28 23:47

Hi Nods,

Use Admin Tools to fix your folder and file permissions. Here's a tutorial for it:
ostraining.com/.../...

That should hopefully get rid of your error.

Kind regards,
Nick

#29 blades 2011-12-28 11:19

man thanx a lot,thats awesome! updated to latest 1.5 in a minute,thanx a lot for your guide.cheers

#30 Nick 2012-01-12 01:35

You're very welcome, blades! :) We have a lot more time-saving material inside; if you're interested in learning more, check out: www.ostraining.com/online

Kind regards,
Nick

#31 nods 2012-01-15 09:15

I tried to use Admin tools to upgrade a JA template which is on my localhost from 1.7.0 to 1.7.3 but got this error message "500 - An error has occurred.
JHtmlBatch: :language not supported".
I searched the forums, and found these linsk with the same issues, but i can't see how to work out any solution.

forum.joomla.org/.../
forum.joomla.org/.../

I've tried my best to work out the problem myself over the last 20 hours, but just keep going round in circles. I'm sure there is a quick fix, but i just can't work it out yet. Any ideas?
Big thanks

#32 Nick 2012-01-16 02:45

Hi Nods,

Admin tools doesn't upgrade any templates. It just updates the Joomla core. During which step did you get the error message?

Make a backup, then use the following tutorial to fix the permissions:
ostraining.com/.../...

then reinstall (not just upgrade) using Admin Tools.

Kind regards,
Nick

#33 grabovac 2012-02-06 15:10

Hello,
I use Joomla 1.5.17 and i want to upgrade it to 1.5.25, because its needed for upgrading to 2.5.
So, when i click on "Update Joomla" (see your screenshots) appears the error: " ERROR: Could not open /.../...mypath. ../htaccess.txt for writing."
How can i fix it?

Thanks
Kind Regards

grabovac

#34 Nick 2012-02-07 15:05

Hi and welcome, grabovac!

Use Admin Tools to fix your folder and file permissions. Here's a tutorial on how to do that:
ostraining.com/.../...

Kind regards,
Nick

#35 vijay 2012-03-03 10:33

Thank you show much. It is very useful

#36 aneesh 2012-03-03 16:49

Hi Nick,

Thank you very much for this tip!!! It's awesome, I been trying to fix this error for sometime and this helped me!! Thank you!

#37 noone 2012-03-08 12:35

wow. that was easy! thank you man! great and simple instructions

#38 apos 2012-04-07 10:56

Thanx a lot!
Very helpful step-by-step guide.
Keep up the good work.

#39 Chris K. 2012-06-07 09:37

Very clear & good tutorial..
But i have one question.. It gives me an error
"ERROR:
The archive file is corrupt, truncated or archive parts are missing"

Any help in this??

#40 vhysong 2012-06-19 23:12

Thanks for the great tutorial!!! It worked perfectly!

#41 Brian Hammond 2012-07-11 08:16

Hi Nick, really clear instructions. Great links. Love your work.

#42 Dan@McKinley 2012-09-05 18:10

Thanks very much for this tutorial! It helped me a lot!!

#43 Alena 2013-05-06 12:01

Hello :) Great thanks for lovely tool for upgrade of Joomla. Also, I had no idea about Admin tools - fantastic utility for my joomlas :)

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