legacy to go

Legacy To Go

Use this guide when you are moving off the legacy install script and want to keep Crona installed from source with go install. Stop Crona, run the beta installer once, back up the database, clear the old runtime, remove the old binaries, install from Go, and restore the backup.

Estimated time: 15-25 minutes, depending on whether Go dependencies are already cached locally.

Keep the backup path handy before you remove anything.

Before You Start

Stop every running Crona process before you touch the install.

Close any open TUI windows, CLI sessions, and background Crona processes. If a process is still running after you close the app, stop it manually with your operating system tools.

1. Download The Latest Beta Installer

Download the legacy installer script for your platform from the latest beta release page on GitHub Releases.

macOS and Linux: install-crona-tui.sh
Windows: install-crona-tui.ps1

2. Run The Legacy Installer Once

Make the script executable, run it, and allow it to replace the existing install when prompted.

chmod +x install-crona-tui.sh
./install-crona-tui.sh

Keep the existing install selected when the script asks whether to overwrite the current version.

3. Back Up Your Database

Run:

crona backup

The command prints the backup path. Keep that path for the restore step.

4. Remove The Runtime Directory

Remove the Crona runtime directory after the backup is complete.

macOS prod: ~/Library/Application Support/Crona
macOS dev: ~/Library/Application Support/Crona Dev
Linux prod: ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/crona
Linux dev: ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/crona-dev

5. Remove The Legacy Binaries

Remove the old binaries from your PATH.

Typical locations:

~/.local/bin/crona
~/.local/bin/crona-daemon
~/.local/bin/crona-tui

6. Install From Source

Install the source build with:

go install github.com/webxsid/crona/...@latest

Make sure your GOBIN or PATH includes the directory where Go installs binaries.

7. Restore The Backup