amenbo 1.6.1 — the app now updates itself in place; no more re-running the installer

Until now, updating meant re-running the installer by hand. From this release the app applies the update in place from its notice banner, and a fresh install goes to your own user location without admin rights.

Update in place from the banner

• The banner now applies the update itself — the “a newer version is available” banner used to open the installer, which you then had to re-run. From this release, pressing the banner swaps the app to the new version in place. The CLI bundled with the desktop app is updated at the same time.

One command for CLI-only installs

• amenbo update --apply — downloads the new CLI and swaps the running binary in place. No installer, no elevation. (If you installed the CLI together with the desktop app, the CLI is updated from the app, so you do not need this command.)
• amenbo update --rollback — undoes the last --apply, restoring the previous binary it kept aside. No download, works offline. Handy if the new version misbehaves.

Per-user install, no admin

• Installing no longer needs admin rights — it installs to your own user location. If you had an earlier version installed system-wide (for example under /Applications), the first install asks once for your password to remove the old copy; after that, updates never ask for a password. A fresh install never shows this prompt.

Getting it

Open the installer for your OS from the latest release. GUI and CLI come together, and no admin rights are needed.

• macOS — .pkg, one for Apple silicon and one for Intel (first open shows a Gatekeeper prompt: right-click → Open)
• Windows — setup .exe
• Linux — .deb / .rpm

To update: on the GUI, the “a newer version is available” banner now applies it in place. If you installed only the CLI, amenbo update --apply swaps it.

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