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1715 | </para> | 1715 | </para> |
1716 | </section> | 1716 | </section> |
1717 | 1717 | ||
1718 | <section id='sdk-updating-the-extensible-sdk'> | 1718 | <section id='sdk-applying-updates-to-an-installed-extensible-sdk'> |
1719 | <title>Updating the Extensible SDK</title> | 1719 | <title>Applying Updates to an Installed Extensible SDK</title> |
1720 | 1720 | ||
1721 | <para> | 1721 | <para> |
1722 | If you are working with an extensible SDK that gets occasionally | 1722 | If you are working with an installed extensible SDK that gets |
1723 | updated (e.g. typically when that SDK has been provided to you by | 1723 | occasionally updated (e.g. a third-party SDK), then you will need |
1724 | another party), then you will need to manually pull down those | 1724 | to manually "pull down" the updates into the installed SDK. |
1725 | updates to your installed SDK. | ||
1726 | </para> | 1725 | </para> |
1727 | 1726 | ||
1728 | <para> | 1727 | <para> |
1729 | To update your installed SDK, run the following: | 1728 | To update your installed SDK, use <filename>devtool</filename> as |
1729 | follows: | ||
1730 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 1730 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
1731 | $ devtool sdk-update | 1731 | $ devtool sdk-update |
1732 | </literallayout> | 1732 | </literallayout> |
1733 | The previous command assumes your SDK provider has set the default | 1733 | The previous command assumes your SDK provider has set the default |
1734 | update URL for you. | 1734 | update URL for you through the |
1735 | If that URL has not been set, you need to specify it yourself as | 1735 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SDK_UPDATE_URL'><filename>SDK_UPDATE_URL</filename></ulink> |
1736 | follows: | 1736 | variable as described in the |
1737 | "<link linkend='sdk-providing-updates-to-the-extensible-sdk-after-installation'>Providing Updates to the Extensible SDK After Installation</link>" | ||
1738 | section. | ||
1739 | If the SDK provider has not set that default URL, you need to | ||
1740 | specify it yourself in the command as follows: | ||
1737 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 1741 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
1738 | $ devtool sdk-update <replaceable>path_to_update_directory</replaceable> | 1742 | $ devtool sdk-update <replaceable>path_to_update_directory</replaceable> |
1739 | </literallayout> | 1743 | </literallayout> |
1740 | <note> | 1744 | <note> |
1741 | The URL needs to point specifically to a published SDK and not an | 1745 | The URL needs to point specifically to a published SDK and |
1742 | SDK installer that you would download and install. | 1746 | not to an SDK installer that you would download and install. |
1743 | </note> | 1747 | </note> |
1744 | </para> | 1748 | </para> |
1745 | </section> | 1749 | </section> |