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new binary instructions (#434)

* new binary instructions * typo and clarification

commit004f9d66b0b03ef3a4735a05c4848e020907f031 authorpoprox <51337059+syzygyzer@users.noreply.github.com> dateWed 3 Jun 2020, 16:13 (6 years ago) parente8a1ff7
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@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ Good, your Dojo is working correctly. Now let's run our first useful command in
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158158The `>=` output means that a command was successful. Now you can see your ship's files in its Unix directory.
159159
160+## Updating to the latest binary
161+
162+Most updates to Urbit are downloaded and applied automatically as OTA (Over the
163+Air) updates. Occasionally it would be infeasible to distribute an update this
164+way, and a new `urbit` binary is released. This is announced in the `urbit-dev`
165+Google Group when it occurs (as are all OTA updates). To update to the latest binary, follow
166+the same process outlined [above](#urbit) to download and extract it into a new folder
167+(the binary linked on this page will always be the latest),
168+then move your ship's **pier** (the folder with your ship's name) from the
169+folder containing the old `urbit` binary to the folder containing the new one.
170+Then delete the folder containing the old binary.
171+
160172### Using Landscape
161173
162174Landscape is the Urbit web interface, and it's the best way to interact with your ship. Chrome and Brave are the recommended browsers for using Landscape. To get onto Landscape: