Installing Modules Offline

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In addition to updating the IDE online, you can also update modules in the IDE without having to connect to an Update Center server. You can download the module's .nbm file from the Update Center and manually install it on other machines.

To download a module's .nbm file:

1. Choose Tools  Update Center from the main window to open the Update Center wizard.
2. Select the desired Update Center and click Next.
3. Select the module you want to download and click Next.
4. Outside of the IDE, go to your userdir/update/download directory and copy the module's .nbm file to another directory. Leave a copy of the file in the download directory.
5. Return to the Update Center wizard. If you want to install the module in your IDE, click Finish. If you do not want to install the module, click Cancel.

To install a module offline:

1. Manually download the .nbm file of the module that you want to update.
2. Choose Tools  Update Center from the main window.
3. On the first page of the wizard, select the Install Manually Downloaded Modules button and click Next.
4. On the Select Modules to Install page, click Add.
5. In the file chooser, navigate to the module's .nbm file. Select the file and click OK.
6. Repeat the previous step for every module that you want to add. Then click Next.

   The modules should appear in the Include in Install panel.

7. Click through the rest of the wizard to install the module.

If you the module that you have selected in the file chooser does not appear in the Available Updates and New Modules panel, you probably already have the same version or a new version of that module installed. Open the Setup Wizard to make sure that you have that module enabled.