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| <h1>Scheduling automatic updates</h1> |
| <p>You can configure Eclipse update to automatically search for updates to the installed software |
| on a periodic basis. You can configure how these updates |
| are scheduled and performed from the <b>Install/Update > Automatic Updates</b> preference page. |
| </p> |
| <h3>Scheduling options</h3> |
| <p>Each time an Eclipse-based product starts, the update scheduler will |
| activate based on the chosen scheduling. You can choose between the following |
| update policies:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>No automatic search</li> |
| <li>On each startup (default)</li> |
| <li>Every day at a specific time (i.e. 3:00PM) *</li> |
| <li>On a scheduled day of the week at a specific time (i.e. Monday 8:00AM) *</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>* assuming the application is active. If the application is not active at a |
| scheduled time and the search is past due, it will immediately start on the next |
| startup</p> |
| <h3>Download options</h3> |
| <p>Scheduling options define when searches are performed but do not |
| define what actually happens when updates are found. Download options |
| control this behavior (this set of options is disabled if automatic search is |
| turned off). You can choose between:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Search for updates and notify me when they are available (default)</li> |
| <li>Download new updates automatically and notify me when ready to install them</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>In both cases, the update scheduler will execute in the background |
| when necessary based on the scheduling options. There will be no messages if no |
| updates are found. If there are updates, the behavior will depend on the |
| chosen download option.</p> |
| <h4>Search and notify</h4> |
| <p>If search only is selected, a popup will appear notifying you that updates |
| have been found, and an updates icon will appear in the status bar. |
| You may click on the popup to review the list of updates. The |
| same <a href="tasks-125.htm">Available Updates wizard</a> |
| is used when you search for updates manually using |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.update")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png"> |
| <b>Help > Check for Updates</b></a>.</p> |
| <p>If you do not wish to update your system right away, you may dismiss the notification |
| popup by clicking on the <font color="#0000FF">[X]</font> in the corner of the popup. When you are ready to review |
| the updates, you may then click on the update icon in the status bar. |
| </p> |
| <h4>Download new updates</h4> |
| <p>If the second option has been selected (download updates automatically), the |
| search will be scheduled as before, but when new updates are found, the |
| download will commence immediately. When all the features have been successfully |
| downloaded, a popup will appear notifying you that updates have been found |
| and downloaded, and an updates icon will appear in the status bar. |
| You may click on the popup to review the list of updates. The |
| same <a href="tasks-125.htm">Available Updates wizard</a> |
| is used when you search for updates manually using |
| <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.update")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png"> |
| <b>Help > Check for Updates</b></a>.</p> |
| <p>If you do not wish to update your system right away, you may dismiss the notification |
| popup by clicking on the <font color="#0000FF">[X]</font> in the corner of the popup. When you are ready to review |
| the updates, you may then click on the update icon in the status bar. The software that was downloaded |
| will be used the next time you update the system. |
| </p> |
| <h3>Reminder options</h3> |
| <p>Reminder options define what happens when updates are found. |
| You can choose between:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>Notify me once about updates (default)</li> |
| <li>Remind me about updates. This option lets you choose the time |
| interval for being reminded about updates.</li> |
| </ul> |
| <p>In either case, a popup will appear when updates are available. Clicking |
| the popup will open the <a href="tasks-125.htm">Available Updates wizard</a> |
| so that you can review the updates. If you do not wish to update your system right away, |
| you may dismiss the notification popup by clicking on the <font color="#0000FF">[X]</font> in the corner of the popup. |
| If you have selected a time interval for reminders, the popup will appear when the |
| specified interval has passed. |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
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| <a href="tasks-125.htm">Updating software using the Available Updates wizard</a><br> |
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