Administrators either distribute update sites (zip or jar
files) or post them to a web server and provide the users with instructions
for manually installing the updates from their clients.
About this task
Provide Sametime® Connect
Client users with the instructions to manually install updates that
you have added to the update sites or posted on a web server.
Users
need to log in to their systems with administrative privileges if
the optional Microsoft™ Office
Integration features are included in the installation.
Procedure
- In Sametime Connect
Client,
click the Actions and Preferences icon, then click .
- Select Search for new features to install,
and then click Next.
- Add an update site:
- If remote, select Add Remote Location...,
specify a name for the update site and provide the URL for the site.
- If a local directory, select Add Folder Location...,
and select the directory where the update site exists.
- If a local archive, select Add Zip / Jar Location... and
select the update site archive.
For example, if you have access
to the stand-alone client install D or downloaded image, you can click New
Archive Site.... Then navigate to the optional-components directory
and select optional-components-update-site.zip.
- Click OK to add the new update site,
and then click Finish. After a short time,
the Update window appears.
- Expand the update site and select the updates you wish
to install from the available list. Then click Next.
- You must agree to the license terms to continue.
- In the next window, click Finish to
install. Verify by clicking Install.
- Restart the client.