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Auto-updating is software functionality that allows a program to maintain whether it or the supporting data is up-to-date in an automatic fashion.

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Free solution for automatic updates with a .NET/C# app?

From searching I can see this has been asked time and time again, but not adequately enough, so here goes. I'm a hobbyist developer with no budget. A program I've been developing has been in need of regular bugfixes, and me and users are getting…
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Auto-update library for .NET?

On the Mac there's a really nice library called Sparkle that programs can use to implement the checking/install functionality for auto-updates. Is there anything similar out there for .NET? Or just regular Win32?
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Installer and Updater for a python desktop application

I am building a desktop app with python and packaging it to an exe with Pyinstaller. I would like to ship my application with an installer and also provide automatic and silent updates to the software like Google Chrome, Dropbox or Github for…
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How can I execute something just once per application start?

I'd like to implement an update checker in an application, and I obviously only need this to show up once when you start the application. If I do the call in the onCreate() or onStart() method, it'll be shown every time the activity is created and…
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Best practice for writing a self-updating windows service

We need to create a windows service that has the ability to self update. Three options spring to mind, a second service that manages the retrieval, uninstallation and installation of the first service. Use of some third party framework…
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Auto update .NET applications

We are in a process of developing a really complex system consisting of several WCF services, ASP.NET MVC applications, administration tools (Windows Forms apps)... Some of those, will have instances running on several servers. We are looking for a…
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sublime text 3 sidebar autoupdating not working

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make it so that sublime text 3 automatically updates the sidebar when i add a new folder/file to the current project in finder (osx). Right now, I have to manually go to Project -> Refresh Folders My…
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Writing my own Auto Updater

When writing my own auto updater, is there a general framework that I should be following? A while ago I was reading up on how one should create a 'boot strapper' that will load first before the main application (since a running appilation can't be…
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"Automatic updates" for Java (desktop) application?

What system do you recommend for implementing "automatic updates" for some java (desktop) application? I'd also want to have module/plugin installation and update. Think Eclipse and Firefox. I'm aware of Eclipse RCP's OSGi stuff, and also NetBeans…
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Java 8 Update 71 is trying to install a new helper tool. (On Mac)

I just was prompted to update Java. It tells me: Does anybody know what that "helper" tool does? If it is new I probably don't need it. Is there a way to opt out? Or at least know what it is before installing it? Note that I already checked the…
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Checking my app version programmatically in Android market

Currently I'm checking the app version code on launch and match it with latest version code on my server and based on this matching I send user to get latest update from Android market. It's working well but my problem is that I have to manually…
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How do I make a Java app self-update?

Problem: I have a standalone Java app (henceforth known as "the agent") that runs as a service on internal company servers. It acts as a remote agent for some central servers. As the agent gets deployed in more places, managing them is getting more…
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Java vs C++ Qt : what choice for a gentle deployment?

I need a bit of wisdom from the stackoverflow. I'm going to developp a GUI application which will process xml data via forms. I have selected two options : Java (swing or swt) or Qt. I've already try a basic tutorial with both Qt (Qt designer) and…
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Electron auto updater setup with own server (generic provider)

I have my own server where I uploaded app installer via FTP. Its name is quickmargo Setup 1.0.0.exe and it's available at https://quickmargo.pl/dist/download/quickmargo Setup 1.0.0.exe Also via FTP I uploaded latest.yml to same directory and it is…
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How to make your Android app auto update

I published my first app in Google Play today, woot! Once I saw my app listed in Google Play, I realized I needed to make a change and post an update. I made my code changes and incremented versionCode and versionName in the manifest file. I then…
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