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| Updating from the File System</H1> |
| <P CLASS="Intro"> The following preferences can be changed on the |
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| <strong>Install/Update > Updating from the File System</strong></a> |
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| <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Option</P></TH> |
| <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Description</P></TH> |
| <TH ROWSPAN="1" COLSPAN="1"> <P CLASS="Para"> Default</P></TH> |
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| When I add an unrecognized archive file as an update site</P></TD> |
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| This option lets you configure how the <b>Software Updates</b> dialog |
| handles unrecognized archive files when they are added as an update site. |
| The system needs certain information about software before it can be installed. |
| Typically this software information is packaged along with the software, but |
| sometimes software is packaged without this necessary information. The system |
| can attempt to generate this data by analyzing the software archive. This option |
| allows you to elect to always attempt to generate this data, to report the |
| unrecognized archive as an error, or to always prompt you to decide what to do.</p></TD> |
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| Ask me</P></TD> |
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| When I add a plug-in file as an update site</P></TD> |
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| This option allows you to configure how the <b>Software Updates</b> |
| dialog handles plug-in archives when added as a site. You can elect to |
| automatically install the plug-in, report an error, or to always prompt you |
| to decide what to do.</p></TD> |
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| <P>Here is what the Updating from the File System preference page looks like: |
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| <br><a href="../tasks/tasks-121.htm">Installing new software with the Software Updates dialog</a> |
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