Managing IDE Update Centers

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The IDE's Plugins manager enables you to update your IDE's installed plugins from registered update centers. You can specify the update centers you want the IDE to check and how often the IDE checks the update centers.

You can manage the registered update centers in the Settings tab of the Plugins manager. In addition to the default IDE Update center, you can add other update centers that offer different types of plugins, such as experimental new plugins or old plugins that are no longer in regular distribution.

To add an update center:

  1. Choose Tools > Plugins from the main menu to open the Plugins manager.
  2. Click the Settings tab to display the registered update centers.
  3. Click Add to open the Update Center Customizer dialog box.
  4. Type the name of the update center and the URL and click OK.

In the Settings tab of the Plugins manager you can also do the following:

By default, the IDE periodically checks the update centers for new updates. You can set the interval or specify that the IDE should not automatically check for updates.

To schedule update checks:

  1. In the Settings tab of the Plugins manager, choose a frequency from the Check Interval drop-down list. Choose Never if you do not want the IDE to automatically check for updates.
  2. Click Proxy Settings if you need to set any proxy settings needed to enable the IDE to access the update centers.
See Also
Activating and Deactivating a Plugin
Installing a Plugin Offline
Updating a Multi-User IDE Installation

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