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| <h1>Updating features with the update manager</h1> |
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| <p>To check to see whether there are updates for a product's existing features |
| (requires Internet access): |
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| <li>Click |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.update.findAndInstallUpdates")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png"> |
| <b>Help > Software Updates > Find and Install...</b></a> and select the |
| first choice (search for updates). This will contact |
| the Web sites associated with the product's features to discover what versions |
| of those features are available. The potential upgrades are presented in on |
| the next page.</li> |
| <li>Select the feature versions that you wish to upgrade, and click <b>Next</b>.</li> |
| <li>Carefully review the license agreements for the upgraded features. If the |
| terms of all these licenses are acceptable, check "I accept the terms |
| in the license agreements." Do not proceed to download the features if |
| the license terms are not acceptable.</li> |
| <li><p>Feature versions can be digitally signed by the company that provides them. |
| This allows you to verify more easily that the features and plug-ins |
| that are about to be downloaded and installed are coming from a trusted supplier. </p><br> |
| <p><b>Warning:</b> Because of the possibility of harmful or even malicious plug-ins, |
| you should only download features from parties that you trust. </p><br><p>Click |
| <b>Install</b> to allow the downloading and installing to proceed.</p></li> |
| <li>Once all the features and plug-ins have been downloaded successfully and |
| their files installed into the product on the local computer, a new configuration |
| that incorporates these features and plug-ins will be formulated. Click <b>Yes</b> |
| when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.</li> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-33.htm">Inspecting the current configuration</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-34.htm">Installing new features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-35.htm">Enabling, disabling, and uninstalling features</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-37.htm">Controlling the Eclipse update policy</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-37a.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-38.htm">Restoring a saved configuration</a> |
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