These are step-by-step HOWTO instructions for how to replace your existing Remobo installation with a binary executable from the Private-Alpha release of Remobo.
Audience
This HOWTO is needed only for Private-Alpha releases of Remobo. Private-Alpha releases are bleeding-edge versions of Remobo that are released by the Remobo development team. They have only been unit-tested by developers, but not gone through the full QA cycles of integration-tests and regression-tests yet. The intention is for early adopters in the Remobo Community to get a taste of the new features, give us your feedback, and help root out the bugs and round the edges. Remobo is a FREE program that's built on top of support from the User Community. So your participation is critical in shaping the future of Remobo.
Typically the new Private-Alpha versions are made available and announced through the Remobo Developer Forum, which is limited to invite-only members of the Remobo Community, mostly those who're actively engaged in our Remobo User Forums. If you want to participate in the private-alpha tests, please email your Remobo Forum User ID to us at "tester (at) remobo (dot) com", from the email address used to register your Forum User ID.
HOWTO for MAC
Here's the instructions to update to the Private-Alpha version of Remobo on your MAC:
cd /Applications/Remobo.app/Contents/MacOS/Remobo.app/Contents/MacOS
## Keep the original, in case you need to revert back to the official version
mv ./Remobo ./Remobo_orig
## Decompress the new Private-Alpha version
## Replace "/path/to/..._v0.xx.y..." with the filename you've downloaded
gunzip -c /path/to/Remobo_v0.xx.y_MAC.gz > ./Remobo
## make it executable
sudo chmod 755 ./Remobo
## run it as root
sudo ./Remobo
If the program crashes, please send us the following 2 files:
(1) Remobo log file, which is available at:
/Applications/Remobo.app/Contents/MacOS/Remobo.app/Contents/MacOS/Remobo.app/Contents/Resources/remobo.log
Notice that the "remobo.log" file is refreshed every time Remobo is launched. So be sure to keep a copy of it before you restart Remobo.
(2) MAC Crash Report file, which is available at:
/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Remobo_yyyy-mm-dd-HHMMSS_<hostname>.crash
It may take a few minutes for MAC to generate the Crash Report files. To find find the corresponding Crash Report file for a particular crash, look at the "...yyyy-mm-dd-HHMMSS..." part of the file name.
Also, if you have core-dump enabled, it's great if you can send us the core-dump file. See the Core Dump HOWTO for more info.
HOWTO for Linux
Here's the instructions to update to the Private-Alpha version of Remobo on your Linux machine:
cd /usr/local/bin
## Keep the original, in case you need to revert back to the official version
mv ./remobo ./remobo_orig
## Decompress the new Private-Alpha version
## Replace "/path/to/..._v0.xx.y..." with the filename you've downloaded
gunzip -c /path/to/remobo_v0.xx.y_LINUX.gz > ./remobo
## make it executable
sudo chmod 755 ./remobo
## run it as root
sudo ./remobo
If the program crashes, please send us the following 2 files:
(1) Remobo log file, which is available at:
/usr/local/share/remobo/remobo.log
Notice that the "remobo.log" file is refreshed every time Remobo is launched. So be sure to keep a copy of it before you restart Remobo.
(2) (optional) Core Dump file, if you have it, please let us know (thru "tester (at) remobo (dot) com", and we'll send you instructions on how to send the large file of core dump to us. We'll have more instructions on this later.
HOWTO for Windows
Here's the instructions to update to the Private-Alpha version of Remobo on your Windows machine:
First, shut down Remobo program if it's running. (Otherwise the "Remobo.exe" file may be locked)
Then replace the Remobo.exe file; open a Command Prompt:
cd "C:\Program Files\Remobo"
## Keep the original, in case you need to revert back to the official version
move .\Remobo.exe .\Remobo_orig.exe
## Replace "C:\path\to\downloaded\..._v0.xx.y..." with the filename you've downloaded
move C:\path\to\downloaded\Remobo_v0.xx.y_WIN32.exe Remobo.exe
Now, you can run Remobo as usual.
If the program crashes, please send us the Remobo log file, which is available at:
C:\Program Files\Remobo\remobo.log
Notice that the "remobo.log" file is refreshed every time Remobo is launched. So be sure to keep a copy of it before you restart Remobo.
More Info
Feel free to edit this pages to add your experiences. For any questions, you can send us email at "tester (at) remobo (dot) com"
