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---
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title: "rclone selfupdate"
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description: "Update the rclone binary."
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slug: rclone_selfupdate
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url: /commands/rclone_selfupdate/
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versionIntroduced: v1.55
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/selfupdate/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone selfupdate
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Update the rclone binary.
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## Synopsis
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This command downloads the latest release of rclone and replaces the
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currently running binary. The download is verified with a hashsum and
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cryptographically signed signature; see [the release signing
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docs](/release_signing/) for details.
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If used without flags (or with implied `--stable` flag), this command
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will install the latest stable release. However, some issues may be fixed
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(or features added) only in the latest beta release. In such cases you should
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run the command with the `--beta` flag, i.e. `rclone selfupdate --beta`.
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You can check in advance what version would be installed by adding the
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`--check` flag, then repeat the command without it when you are satisfied.
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Sometimes the rclone team may recommend you a concrete beta or stable
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rclone release to troubleshoot your issue or add a bleeding edge feature.
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The `--version VER` flag, if given, will update to the concrete version
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instead of the latest one. If you omit micro version from `VER` (for
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example `1.53`), the latest matching micro version will be used.
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Upon successful update rclone will print a message that contains a previous
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version number. You will need it if you later decide to revert your update
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for some reason. Then you'll have to note the previous version and run the
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following command: `rclone selfupdate [--beta] OLDVER`.
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If the old version contains only dots and digits (for example `v1.54.0`)
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then it's a stable release so you won't need the `--beta` flag. Beta releases
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have an additional information similar to `v1.54.0-beta.5111.06f1c0c61`.
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(if you are a developer and use a locally built rclone, the version number
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will end with `-DEV`, you will have to rebuild it as it obviously can't
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be distributed).
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If you previously installed rclone via a package manager, the package may
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include local documentation or configure services. You may wish to update
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with the flag `--package deb` or `--package rpm` (whichever is correct for
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your OS) to update these too. This command with the default `--package zip`
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will update only the rclone executable so the local manual may become
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inaccurate after it.
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The [rclone mount](/commands/rclone_mount/) command may
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or may not support extended FUSE options depending on the build and OS.
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`selfupdate` will refuse to update if the capability would be discarded.
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Note: Windows forbids deletion of a currently running executable so this
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command will rename the old executable to 'rclone.old.exe' upon success.
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Please note that this command was not available before rclone version 1.55.
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If it fails for you with the message `unknown command "selfupdate"` then
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you will need to update manually following the install instructions located
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at https://rclone.org/install/
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```
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rclone selfupdate [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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--beta Install beta release
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--check Check for latest release, do not download
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-h, --help help for selfupdate
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--output string Save the downloaded binary at a given path (default: replace running binary)
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--package string Package format: zip|deb|rpm (default: zip)
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--stable Install stable release (this is the default)
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--version string Install the given rclone version (default: latest)
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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# SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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