5. Package Management: What's New

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1. Packages

Packages contain the components of Identity Manager drivers organized according to the functionality you want to provide to a driver. This allows you to update the features of a driver without updating the entire driver.

Packages can be imported into a project and are stored under the Package Catalog.

Figure 1: Package Catalog

2. Managing Packages

Packages are easy to install, uninstall, upgrade, and revert to a shipping configuration of the driver.
Refer to the "Managing Packages" section in the Designer 4.0 Help or the Designer 4.0 Administration Guide for more details.

Figure 2: Package Management Page for a driver

3. Updating Packages

Designer 4.0 checks for package updates at startup. You can configure online updates in the Windows > Preferences > Novell > Package Manager > Online Updates page.

Figure 3: Package Online Updates

You can manually import the updated packages into the project or configure Auto Import by clicking Windows > Preferences > Novell > Package Manager > Auto Imports.

Figure 4:Package Auto Import Preferences