v1.8.0-beta.28 is now available! (Current v1.7.49.5) - update fail

[ajaxStardust]

Using HESTIA CP, incl:

Apache 2
Nginx rev/proxy
PHP 8.4
MariaDB whatever it works, and i dont think Grav cares. 
admin@vps111:~  $ php -v

PHP 8.2.29 (cli) (built: Jul 3 2025 13:08:18) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.29, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.2.29, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

jpop@pop-os:~$ screenfetch
                             jpop@pop-os
                             OS: Pop 24.04 noble
                             Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.16.3-76061603-generic
         #####               Uptime: 1h 14m
        #######              Packages: Unknown
        ##O#O##              Shell: bash 5.2.21
        #######              Resolution: 1920x1200
      ###########            WM: Smithay X WM
     #############           GTK Theme: adw-gtk3 [GTK3]
    ###############          Disk: 12G / 465G (3%)
    ################         CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 4x 3.4GHz [40.0°C]
   #################         GPU: Mesa Intel(R) HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
 #####################       RAM: 3662MiB / 7763MiB
 #####################
   #################

sorry brain trauma. i forget where i am midway... not good for traffic signals. anyway...

oh. Grav. doesn't update, but that's not this system. ugh.

it's this

admin@vps111:~  $ screenfetch
                          ./+o+-       admin@vps111.heliohost.us
                  yyyyy- -yyyyyy+      OS: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
               ://+//////-yyyyyyo      Kernel: x86_64 Linux 6.8.0-64-generic
           .++ .:/++++++/-.+sss/`      Uptime: 141d 23h 57m
         .:++o:  /++++++++/:--:/-      Packages: 1204
        o:+o+:++.`..```.-/oo+++++/     Shell: bash 5.2.21
       .:+o:+o/.          `+sssoo+/    Disk: 30G / 49G (64%)
  .++/+:+oo+o:`             /sssooo.   CPU: Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2x 1.995GHz
 /+++//+:`oo+o               /::--:.   GPU: VMware SVGA II Adapter
 \+/+o+++`o++o               ++////.   RAM: 583MiB / 960MiB
  .++.o+++oo+:`             /dddhhh.
       .+.o+oo:.          `oddhhhh+
        \+.++o+o``-````.:ohdhhhhh+
         `:o+++ `ohhhhhhhhyo++os:
           .o:`.syhhhhhhh/.oo++o`
               /osyyyyyyo++ooo+++/
                   ````` +oo+++o\:
                          `oo++.
admin@vps111:~  $

HESTIA CP.
but hestia actually isntalls it correctly. that is to say, i can't get it to install any other way (using Composer, being ]my "any other way", boy be lazy!

but. i did do the 1.8 fresh install. i forget why it didn't work. i think it was the same error. about symfony/http-client ... can't resovle it.

[ajaxStardust]

is there a way to update from 1.7.mine to 1.7.9 (whatever was the latest 1.7.x)?
the update process complains that my version 1.7.8 doesn't update to 1.8 (as copied to title of thread here)

ASIDE from these issues, i really like Grav. Hence my [apparent] frustration, if it seems to be. I'm not really frustrated. I mean, i can use it as is. But i'm trying to develop a tutorial for my g/f who is autistic, and this particular snag feel like...
"i dunno..."

[ajaxStardust]

meanwhile, i guess it couldn't hurt to share this as an aside: i created a means of previewing php in a browser, easily, from e.g. within VSCode's terminal. have a look. that's what this link is. not monetized or anything. :)