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Documentation about updating should contain information how to stop application

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
linux
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with src/updating.rst and review the existing Linux update instructions. Verify the safe way to stop the application before replacing files, then document that procedure on the page so users know how to stop the app before updating.

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Description

I assume that before replacing file on linux to update AW, you have to stop the app?
How to do it safely?

This information should be added to:
https://github.com/ActivityWatch/docs/blob/master/src/updating.rst

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Python
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