atomsUpdate

Arguments

name

1xn character string matrix : module's technical name

section

This argument controls the list of sections where search modules to update.

section is a single-string and its value should be :

• "all": Modules to remove are searched in both "user" and "allusers" sections.

• "allusers": Modules to remove are only searched in the "allusers" section.

• "user": Modules to remove are only searched in the "user" section.

If SCI is write accessible, "all" is the default value. Otherwise, the default value is "user".

result

Description

atomsUpdate update one or more external modules.

Examples

atomsSetConfig("Verbose","True");
atomsRepositoryAdd("http://scene1.test.atoms.scilab.org");

// Install toolbox_5
atomsInstall("toolbox_5");

disp(atomsGetInstalled());

// Load the 2nd scenario in which toolbox_4 has been updated:
// toolbox_4 version 1.1 has been added
// (toolbox_4 is a dependency of toolbox_5)

atomsRepositoryDel("http://scene1.test.atoms.scilab.org");
atomsRepositoryAdd("http://scene2.test.atoms.scilab.org");

// Update toolbox_5
atomsUpdate("toolbox_5");
disp(atomsGetInstalled());

// Some cleaning
atomsRepositoryDel("http://scene2.test.atoms.scilab.org");
atomsRemove("toolbox_5");

See also

• atomsInstall — Install one or several external modules
• atomsRemove — Remove one or several modules
• atomsGetInstalled — Get the list of installed external modules