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| <H1>Inspecting the current configuration</H1> |
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| <p>The About Eclipse Platform dialog (<b>Help > About Eclipse Platform</b>) |
| shows most of the important information about the features and plug-in configured in |
| the product. To find out further detailed information about the current configuration: |
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| <li>Open the main update manager by clicking <b>Help > Software Updates > |
| Update Manager</b>. This opens the Install/Update perspective.</li> |
| <li>In the Install Configuration view, expand the Current Configuration item. |
| The first tier of items are locations on the local computer where the files |
| for features and plug-ins are stored. For a typical product, all features |
| are installed in a single directory sub-tree. However, a feature that is |
| installed as an extension of another product are usually located in a |
| separate directory sub-tree.</li> |
| <li>Expand the location to see the feature versions installed there.</li> |
| <li>The nesting of the features indicates which child features are included in |
| a given parent feature. Nested features act as a unit.</li> |
| <li>Select a feature version and click <b>Show Details</b> to open the Preview |
| view which presents more detailed information about the selected feature.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Show Disabled Features</b> icon (top bar of the Install |
| Configuration view). Any feature versions that are disabled are now |
| shown (you might not have any). Disabled feature versions are ones that are |
| installed on the local computer but excluded from the current configuration. |
| At most one version of any given feature can be present in a given |
| configuration; usually the ones with the lower version numbers will be in a |
| disabled state.</li> |
| <li>Select a feature version and click <b>Show Status</b> to find out whether |
| the selected feature is configured exactly as packaged. The status will show |
| when a feature's plug-ins are present at different versions, or disabled due |
| to missing prerequisite plug-ins that are expected to be supplied by some |
| other feature.</li> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.gif" alt="Related concepts" width="159" height="27"><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a> |
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| <P><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.gif" alt="Related tasks" width="159" height="27"><br> |
| <a href="tasks-34.htm">Installing new features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-36.htm">Updating features with the update manager</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-37.htm">Saving a configuration</a> |
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