Downloading fixes
Download fixes from the HCL License & Download Portal.
List all the fixes that are already installed by completing the following steps:
- Open a command line and change to the connections_root/updateInstaller directory.
-
Run the following command to list installed fixes:
updateSilent.sh|bat -installDir connections_root -fix -applications application_name
Where application_name is one of the following HCL Connections™applications:
- activities
- blogs
- communities
- dogear
- files
- forums
- homepage
- metrics
- mobile
- moderation
- news
- profiles
- search
- wikis Use a comma or semicolon to delimit multiple applications. If you do not provide this variable, all installed fixes are listed.
To download fixes, complete the following steps.
-
Refer to the What's New in HCL Connections to review the latest new features in a release, gather download links, and look over update strategy information.
Note: Refer to the Knowledge Article, Road map for Upgrading Connections for additional information.
-
From the HCL License & Download Portal, find or select the product Connections.
-
Select your currently installed version from the Installed Version drop-down menu, then select your platform from the Platform menu, and click Continue.
-
Use one of the available search methods to identify the fix that you want to install.
-
Follow the online instructions to download the fix to a temporary directory.
-
Extract the contents of the fix file and then copy the extracted files to the following directory:
- Linux: connections_root/updateInstaller/fixes
- Microsoft Windows: connections_root\updateInstaller\fixes Note: If a fixes subdirectory does not already exist in the update directory, create it. You need to specify this directory when you install fixes.
Parent topic: Updating Connections 8.0 with the latest fixes