# How to update new version of wormbase virtual machine ?

**URL:** <https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-update-new-version-of-wormbase-virtual-machine/3742>\
**Category:** WormBase\
**Created:** [August 6, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-update-new-version-of-wormbase-virtual-machine/3742 "2010-08-06T08:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bloodcells](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@bloodcells](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/bloodcells)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-update-new-version-of-wormbase-virtual-machine/3742/1 "2010-08-06T08:44:00Z")

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How to update my wormbase virtual machine to the latest version (WS215)?  
I opened the terminal window and typed “bin/pull\_software.sh” as mentioned at [http://wiki.wormbase.org/index.php/Virtual\_Machines](http://wiki.wormbase.org/index.php/Virtual_Machines)  
the reply is:

rsync : failed to connect to [dev.wormbase.org](http://dev.wormbase.org): Connection timed out (110)  
rsync error : error in socket I0 (code 10) at clientserver.c (94) --\>pulling software onto node failed…

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**Author:** ![mh6](https://community.alliancegenome.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mh6](https://community.alliancegenome.org/u/mh6)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.alliancegenome.org/t/how-to-update-new-version-of-wormbase-virtual-machine/3742/2 "2010-08-10T13:54:29Z")

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to be fair, I don’t think that is still supported, as such.  
But Todd was working on a new way to build/sync the mirrors, maybe he can chime in.