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The Automatic Updater
=====================
To ensure that you are always using the latest version of the ownCloud client,
an auto-update mechanism has been added in Version 1.5.1. The Automatic Updater
ensures that you automatically profit from the latest features and bugfixes.
The Automatic Updater ensures that you always have the
latest features and bugfixes for your ownCloud synchronization client.
.. note:: The Automatic Updater functions differently, depending on the operating system.
The Automatic Updater updates only on Mac OS X and Windows computers; Linux
users only need to use their normal package managers. However, on Linux systems
the Updater will check for updates and notify you when a new version is
available.
Basic Workflow
--------------
The following sections describe how to use the Automatic Updater on different operating systems:
The following sections describe how to use the Automatic Updater on different
operating systems:
Windows
^^^^^^^
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Linux
^^^^^
Linux distributions provide their own update tool, so ownCloud clients that use
Linux distributions provide their own update tools, so ownCloud clients that use
the Linux operating system do not perform any updates on their own. Linux
operating systems do, however, check for the latest version of the ownCloud
client and passively notify the user (``Settings -> General -> Updates``) when
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the auto-updater entirely. The following sections describe how to disable the
auto-update mechanism for different operating systems.
Preventing Automatic Updates in Windows Environents
Preventing Automatic Updates in Windows Environments
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You can prevent automatic updates from occuring in Windows environments using
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To prevent automatic updates and disallow manual overrides:
.. note::This is the preferred method of controlling the updater behavior using Group Policies.
.. note::This is the preferred method of controlling the updater behavior using
Group Policies.
1. Migrate to the following directory::
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Preventing Automatic Updates in Linux Environments
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Because Linux does not provide automatic updating functionality, there is no
need to remove the automatic-update check. However, if you want to disable
this check:
Because the Linux client does not provide automatic updating functionality, there is no
need to remove the automatic-update check. However, if you want to disable it edit your desktop
client configuration file, ``$HOME/.local/share/data/ownCloud/owncloud.cfg``. Add these lines:
1. Locate and open the following file::
/etc/ownCloud/ownCloud.conf
2. Add the following content to the file::
[General]
skipUpdateCheck=true
[General]
skipUpdateCheck=true