CcpNmr Software Updates

Install Patches and Updates to CCPN Software

This popup window allows the user to view and automatically install the latest updates and patches to CcpNmr software. This is the normal mechanism of receiving incremental changes and fixes to bug reports between numbered CCPN releases. It should be noted that this system generally only provides fixes for the most recent version of the CcpNmr Software. If your version is older (but not as old as version 1.0) or if there has been a recent new release then the updating mechanism will automatically upgrade the whole CCPN distribution to the newest one. It should be noted that this mechanism will not automatically update some of the really old versions, e.g. from version 1.0 to 2.0. Updates from 2.0 onwards ought to work seamlessly though.

In normal operation the user clicks [Select All] then [Install Selected], whereupon the software should be restarted (not forgetting to save any data). Naturally, viewing and receiving updates requires that the user’s computer has a working connection to the Internet. Although the user may toggle individual file updates on or off by double-clicking in the “Install?” column, it is generally not a good idea to choose only a subset of file updates unless there is a specific reason to do so. Choosing only some file updates risks getting problems where two or more files rely upon the most recent versions of one another.

Caveats & Tips

Using [Refresh List] will cause the system to re-query the CCPN update server if the user is awaiting an imminent fix.

When an updated file is installed the old version is not removed; it is renamed with the “_old” suffix.

If for any reason this popup window cannot be opened the user may update the software using the “updateAll” script that sits alongside the main “analysis” program executable (usually in the $CCPN_HOME/bin/ directory).

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Table 1
File The name of the file for which an update is available
Install? Whether the file will be replaced when the user commits the upgrade (Editable)
Date The data that the new file version was posted on the CCPN server
Relative Path The path that the file will be installed at, relative to the CCPN installation
Priority The priority number of the installation; commonly not configured away from “1”
Comments Any comments added by the CCPN developers

button Refresh List: Refresh the list of file updates by querying the CCPN update server, assuming an Internet connection is present

button Select All: Select all of the file updates for installation (recommended)

button Install Selected: Install newest versions of the selected files

button Help: Show popup help document

button Close: Close popup

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