I apologize if this isn't the appropriate place for this, but I went thought all the steps on my headless client to get the new version of cgminer. When I start the new version it still states that it is the old version (2.7.3), even when I have deleted the old files. I think it has something to do with installation, but it has been over six months since I have worked with linux

In your cgminer folder:
./autogen.sh
Make sure the output isn't telling you to install anything....
./configure --enable-bitforce
Enable any other fpga devices you may use and make sure the output isn't telling you to install anything
make clean
make install