https://download.moodle.org/
tar.gz 30.3 MB zip 38.6 MB
Hmmmmmm
One could download .tar.gz, uncompress locally, re-zip … upload their own smaller/meant for Linux zip and unzip. OR just upload all the files/folders from the extracted .tar.gz into the appropriate folder of Site5 in binary mode. Set/check permisions, etc.
Too bad your hosting provider can't give you a more modern tool for a Linux system.
2.5 Requires: PHP 5.3.3,
2.4 Requires: PHP 5.3.2
http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Upgrading_to_Moodle_2.5
Site5 KB
http://kb.site5.com/php/how-to-increase-the-memory-limit-in-php/
Notice: While we don’t have a technical limit on how high you can set the php memory limit, we highly recommend that you not exceed 128M.
http://kb.site5.com/control/siteadmin/siteadmin-how-to-check-the-default-version-of-php/
Have ssh into server?
Run the upgrade via command line:
cd moodlecode/admin/cli/
php upgrade.php [ENTER]
'spirit of sharing', Ken