Update your tutor

One safe command to bring your tutor up to the latest version. Your work and progress are never touched.

The tutor keeps improving after you install it: clearer teaching, fixes for things that tripped people up, the odd new trick. Updating swaps the tutor's own instruction files for the newest ones — and changes nothing else.

Which version do I have? The latest version is Version 2.1 — a higher number than yours means you're out of date. To see yours, ask the tutor in chat — "What version are you?" — and it'll look it up. If it says something older than the version above (or doesn't know), it's time to update. Or just run the update command below; it always shows the version you have and the latest available before doing anything.

How to update

  1. If your tutor is running, finish up first: type End lesson, then /exit.
  2. Open your terminal — PowerShell on Windows (Windows key, type powershell, Enter), Terminal on a Mac (⌘ Cmd+Space, type terminal), or your usual terminal on Linux (often Ctrl+Alt+T).
  3. Paste the line for your computer and press Enter.
    Windows or Mac:
    flt update --tutor
    Linux (or the cageless setup):
    curl -fsSL https://learn.fieldleveltech.org/update.sh | bash

It prints the version you have, the latest available, and (if they differ) a confirmation when the update is done. Next time you start your tutor (flt, then tutor), you're on the new version.

What that command does, in plain words
  1. Checks which version of the tutor is on your computer.
  2. Compares it with the latest version on this site.
  3. If yours is older, downloads the newest tutor files into place. Nothing else on your computer is touched - including your lesson progress and anything you've made with the tutor.