If you need to update Magento 2 Cookie Consent by Magefan, please follow the steps below.
Note: the updating instructions depend on the method the Cookie Consent was installed with.
Update using composer
If the Cookie Consent was installed via the composer (check if vendor/magefan/module-cookie-consent folder exists), then you need to run these simple CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:
composer remove magefan/module-cookie-consent
composer require magefan/module-cookie-consent
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Update using archive and FTP
If the Cookie Consent module was installed via FTP (check if app/code/Magefan/CookieConsent folder exists), then follow these commands:
1. Download the latest version of the module archive from magefan.com.
2. Extract archive.
3. Make the backup copy of the app/code/Magefan/CookieConsent and then remove it.
4. Using FTP, copy the app and lib folders from the archive to your Magento 2 Directory.
5. Run update CLI commands in Magento 2 directory:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these zero downtime deployment commands for Magento 2.