Stop HomeBox (as root)
systemctl stop homebox.service && \
systemctl status homebox.service --no-pagerLogin as the homebox user, where their home is the installation directory.
NOTE: The homebox file in this directory (/opt/homebox/homebox) is the application itself - there is the .env and .data file and app directory. Do not disrupt the two hidden items.
su - homeboxBackup/move the HomeBox application directory to make room for the new version
mv homebox homebox-bakDownload the latest release of HomeBox
wget -q https://github.com/sysadminsmedia/homebox/releases/latest/download/homebox_Linux_x86_64.tar.gzExtract the archive and set it's owner and permissions and clean up the archive file
tar -xzvf homebox_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz && \
rm homebox_Linux_x86_64.tar.gzLogout of the homebox user and back into root
Restart HomeBox and make sure it's running correctly
systemctl restart homebox.service && \
journalctl -fu homebox.service