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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 on the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.AutomaticUpdatesPreferencePage)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>Install/Update > Automatic |
| Updates</b></a> 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.svg" alt="command link"> <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 |
| <strong>[X]</strong> 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.svg" alt="command link"> <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 |
| <strong>[X]</strong> 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 <strong>[X]</strong> 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.</p> |
| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/concepts-25.htm">Features</a> |
| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="tasks-125.htm">Updating software using the Available Updates |
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