Updating Applications

InstallAnywhere 2018

Installing updates for applications is a more common operation than installing the original release of an application. This makes creating effective, reliable upgrades an important task.

InstallAnywhere enables you to create an upgrade that is packaged as a full installation. End users can run this upgrade in both of the following scenarios:

If the target system has an earlier version of the product, the earlier version is uninstalled, and then the new version is installed.
The target system does not have an earlier version of the product, the upgrade installer behaves as a first-time installation and installs the new version of the product.

To learn how to create updates, refer to this section of the documentation.

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