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| <H1>Updating software using the Available Updates wizard</H1> |
| <p>The <b>Available Updates</b> wizard shows you what updates are available for your software. |
| This wizard is shown if you click the automatic updates notification popup, or if you |
| check for updates using the <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.update")'> |
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| <b>Help > Check for Updates</b></a> command. To update your system: |
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| <li>Review the list of upgrades shown in the wizard. If you do not wish to accept all |
| of the proposed updates, you may check and uncheck different items in the list.</li> |
| <li>Click <b>Next</b> to see the detailed list of items that will be upgraded. Expanding |
| each item will show what additional items (if any) will be upgraded as part of the update.</li> |
| <li>If the selected items have license agreements to be reviewed, you must click <b>Next</b>. |
| Carefully review the license agreements for the upgraded items. If the |
| terms of all these licenses are acceptable, check "I accept the terms |
| in the license agreements." Do not proceed to download the software if |
| the license terms are not acceptable.</li> |
| <li>If the license agreements are acceptable, or if the selected items did not have |
| license agreements to review, click <b>Finish</b>. This will begin the download and |
| installation of the updated software.</li> |
| <li><p>Some of the items may be digitally signed by the company that provides them. |
| This allows you to verify more easily that the features and plug-ins |
| that are about to be downloaded and installed are coming from a trusted supplier. You |
| may be prompted to verify digitally signed content once the signature is |
| detected.</p><br> |
| <p><b>Warning:</b> Because of the possibility of harmful or even malicious software, |
| you should only download software from parties that you trust.</p></li> |
| <li>Once all of the software is downloaded successfully and the necessary |
| files installed into the product on the local computer, you will be prompted |
| to restart for the Workbench. Click <b>Yes</b> |
| when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect.</li> |
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| <img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-122.htm">Scheduling automatic updates</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-123.htm">Reverting to a saved configuration</a><br> |
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