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Keeping Stata 8 up to date

This page is intended for Stata 8 users who do not have access to the Internet from within Stata. If you are not using Stata 8, visit this page.

If you are using Stata 8, and you have a direct Internet connection, type update query in Stata, and follow the recommendation presented.

There are two components to Stata:

  • the Stata executable
  • the Stata ado-files

These are updated separately.

You update the Stata executable only rarely. Updating your copy of Stata 8 is simply a matter of downloading a file.

More frequently you should update the ado-files.