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| <H1>Working with the Available Software sites</H1> |
| <p>The <b>Available Software Sites</b> dialog allows you to define the software |
| sites that are consulted when browsing for available software or updating the |
| system. To manage the list of sites used by the system:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Click |
| <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 > Software Updates ...</b></a> and select the |
| <b>Available Software</b> page. This page shows you the items that are |
| available for installation.</li> |
| <li>Click the <b>Manage Sites...</b> button to see the list of sites that |
| are used to gather the available software and search for updates.</li> |
| <li>All sites registered in the system are shown in the list. Sites with |
| a check mark are those that are used to search for updates and browse |
| available software. Sites without a check mark are not currently used.</li> |
| <li>Select a site and click <b>Properties</b> to see information about the |
| site, such as its location, name, or description. This dialog may also |
| contain status information about the site, such as when the site is not |
| available on the network.</li> |
| <li>You may check or uncheck a site in order to control whether it is |
| used for updates and add-ons. For example, you may |
| wish to uncheck a site that is temporarily not available or experiencing |
| network problems in order to speed up the search for updates.</li> |
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| You may change the sites that are used by the system in several ways:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li>To add sites to the system: |
| <ul> |
| <li>Click <b>Add...</b> to enter the location of a new site.</li> |
| <li>You may check mark an unchecked site it in order to make it available |
| to the system.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Import...</b> to import a list of sites that was previously |
| exported to a file.</li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li>To remove sites from the system: |
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| <li>Remove the check mark from the site if you want to temporarily |
| stop using the site. This will keep the site in the list so that you can |
| check mark it later.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Remove</b> to remove the site from the list of sites.</li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li>Click <b>Export...</b> to save the list of sites to a file. This |
| is useful for sharing site lists with other users or across multiple |
| Eclipse installations.</li> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-127.htm">Adding a new update site</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-121.htm">Installing new software with the Available Software page</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-122.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a><br> |
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