How do I upgrade composer without root access?

[Sheba]

Using Magento 2.3.5p1 and php 7.3.

How can I upgrade composer in cpanel without WHM access?  Thanks for your attention.

[Manish Mittal]

@Sheba 

are you able to connect with command line? if yes you can use command line to install it.

https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#install-i

[Sunil Patel]

Hello,

At least you need SSH  access to upgrade

Hope it will help you

[Bhanu Periwal · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sheba 

Please follow below steps to update composer with server:

1. Type this command on CLI to connect with server

ssh username@hostname.com OR ssh username@ipaddress

2. Move to root folder of Magento

3. Update composer by this command

php composer.phar update

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[Marcus - LitExtension Expert]

Hi @Sheba,

Like Sunil Patel said, you need SSH access to update through command line. Refer to this link for more information about how to enable SSH access in cPanel.

After that, connect to your server via SSH and run php composer.phar update.

Let me know if you need further assistance. Hope it helps! 

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