I've upgraded Moodle 2.7.4 to 2.8.3 (running on a Synology server).
Then tried to reinstall the Theme "evolve-D".
Now I'm stuck in the Plugins check, because the current version is higher! than the new version.
How do I get out of this loop? Any solution? Can I manualy remove the theme and would this be enough?
It looks like the version of the evolve-D theme in your Moodle \Theme folder in your 2.8.3 site is an OLDER version than the version in your 2.7.4 site.
Did you download the latest version of that evolve-D theme and copy it to your /theme/evolved folder of your 2.8.3 site?
You need to make sure that the evolve-D theme version in your 2.8.3 site is equal to or higher than 2014120100. The easiest way to do that is to download the latest version of the theme and put it in your \Theme folder. Then try the upgrade again.
I would also suggest moving any custom or add-on themes to their own folder, separate from the Moodle folder ($CFG-> dirroot). This is done using the $CFG->themedir directive in config.php, just make sure that the web server user is able to write into the themedir folder if updating themes via plugins check. Doing this also simplifies Moodle upgrades, in that themes do not need to be copied / moved over into the new Moodle folder when upgrading.
Theme directory (Moodle documentation)
Just saying, it works for me.
I've deleted the file and got out of the loop.
Reinstalling the theme just ended into the same situation. So I think something is wrong with this version of evolve-D. Another theme could be installed without problems, so I don't think it's a problem with the updated version of Moodle.
Thanks for your help!
