Documentation/Labs/AutomaticUpdateAndInstallationFramework

Overview

Use cases:

• New Slicer version installed locally should be updated with the list of extension previously installed.
• Self update of Slicer

Terminology

• [Documentation/4.5/SlicerApplication/ExtensionsManager Extensions Manager]

• ExtensionsManagerModel: This is the backend of the [Documentation/4.5/SlicerApplication/ExtensionsManager Extensions Manager] displayed to the user

• [Documentation/Nightly/Developers/ExtensionWizard ExtensionWizard] is a tool to simplify the process of creating and contributing extensions.

• Utilities/Scripts/SlicerWizard: This is a python package used in the ExtensionWizard

Keep track of the installed extensions across version

Progress

• Extract list of extensions installed. Look at npm for the format. ToBeDone
• Extension manager:
  • Update ExtensionManageModel API so that "list" can be processed ToBeDone
  • Update entry "Install Extension from file" to "Install Extensions from file" and support "tar.gz", ".json" ToBeDone

Meta issue:

• 2779: Mechanism to keep track of the installed extensions across version ToBeDone

Completed

NA

Notes

2016.05.03

• See also Documentation/Labs/ExtensionsFrameworkRoadmap

• Ability to ask the installer (or Slicer) to install other extensions
  • Would it make sense to transition to http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ ?

• Serialize what is installed in you current Slicer

• Update of installed extensions:
  • See https://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Documentation/4.5/SlicerApplication/ExtensionsManager#Updating_installed_extensions