problem updating Droopler

A fifth way to update Droopler I have tried, following the Droopler 3.0 update guide:

5. Update composer.json: droptica/droopler ^5.1.0. Next, execute the drush updb command.
=> [success] No pending updates.

Can anybody please tell me how to update Droopler 5?

@johnnybrav0sr we pushed 5.1.0 tag to the packagist.

Mind that if you're trying to use it without ddev then you're going to need ext-imagick php extension enabled (this is because codeception tests were added prior to the release). Though, Droopler 5 is not really tested to work without ddev so I cannot guarantee that it will work.

Thanks for the tip!

@patbsh - can you elaborate on which extension you are talking about?
Where can I find ext-imagick php extension.

Because I have problems with ddev, I use direct installation and a similar problem with updating.
Thanks in advance for your help.

@pingwin_cracow If you're using Linux, you can get ext-imagick php extension via apt. Make sure you download the package for the php version you use. Below are the steps to take if you use php8.4-fpm and Apache server.

$ sudo apt install php8.4-imagick
$ sudo phpenmod imagick
$ sudo systemctl restart php8.4-fpm
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2

I'm sure this php module is important for a well functioning Droopler site, but it won't fix the update problems I mentioned before. Perhaps updating Droopler is easier in a DDEV environment?

I finally managed to update my (non-DDEV) Droopler website. I followed this guide. Here is what I did:

1. Backup Droopler:
$ cd
$ drush cex
$ drush sql-dump --result-file=/path/to/file.sql
$ sudo cp -R /path/to/backup

2. Remove vendor, core and starter-theme directories:
$ rm -rf vendor web/core starter-theme

3. Remove all files (not folders) from Droopler installation directory:
$ rm -f *.* .[a-z]*

4. Download Droopler 5.1.0 to another directory:
$ composer create-project droptica/droopler:5.1.0 /path/to/

5. Copy all downloaded files and folders to directory:
$ sudo cp -R path/to//* /path/to/

6. Copy new Droopler theme to its destination:
$ cp -r starter-theme/ web/themes/custom/

7. Compare old and new composer.json files (from your backup), and add missing packages to new composer.json.

8. Install update:
$ composer install
$ drush updb

9. Clear cache, run cron, clear cache again, run cron again, and clear cache (clearing cache and running cron so many times may be an overkill, but for me it did the job):
$ drush cr
$ drush cron
$ drush cr
$ drush cron
$ drush cr

10. Check if website is functioning properly, and check admin/reports/status to see if Droopler has been updated.

And voila, Droopler is updated to version 5.1.0!

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