Letting users install updates manually

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

  1. In Sametime Connect Client, click the Actions and Preferences icon, then click Plug-ins > Install plug-ins.
  2. Select Search for new features to install, and then click Next.
  3. 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.

  4. Click OK to add the new update site, and then click Finish. After a short time, the Update window appears.
  5. Expand the update site and select the updates you wish to install from the available list. Then click Next.
  6. You must agree to the license terms to continue.
  7. In the next window, click Finish to install. Verify by clicking Install.
  8. Restart the client.