Updating a Multi-User IDE Installation
See Also
If you are using a multi-user installation of the IDE, you can install a plugin globally
so that the plugin is available to all users. When you install or update a
plugin using the Plugins manager, the IDE places the plugin .jar file
and docs in your user directory. The IDE places .jar files
and docs for globally installed plugins in your installation directory instead
of an individual user directory.
To globally install a plugin:
- Choose Tools > Plugins to open the Plugins manager.
- Click the Settings tab and then select Force install into shared directories.
- Click the Available Plugins tab, select the Install checkbox for the plugin and click Install.
You can also install manually downloaded plugins in the Downloaded tab.
- Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation of the plugin.
- Restart the IDE to activate the new plugin, if necessary.
- In order to install a plugin globally, you must have write access for
the IDE installation directory.
- See Also
- About Managing Plugins
- Activating and Deactivating a Plugin
- Updating the IDE
- Installing Plugins Offline
Legal Notices