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Package Management

The Package Management interface can be used to edit and delete packages. It lists the packages from Configuration Manager, so you can search for a package, set its install and uninstall program names, edit it, or delete it.

Search Program names Edit Delete

1 Open Package Management

Open it from Applications › Package Management. To create a package, see Create Package.

The Applications menu open, with Package Management highlighted in the list below Package Wizard and Create Package.
Earlier version: the Applications menu with Package Management highlighted. The menu may be arranged differently in this release.

3 Program names

Packages that need program names Packages with program names which do not match the default names will get the Edit Program Names button. Use this function to define the install and uninstall program name.

A package whose names still need to be set has a warning icon, with the tooltip Install and uninstall programs must be set. Click Edit Program Names to open the window, set the install and uninstall program names, and save them. Until the names are set, the Edit button of that package is greyed out.

4 Edit a package

Click on the Edit button to edit a package. A new window will open:

The window Edit details for package 7-Zip x64 15.14, with the MSI file, transform file and additional commands, the naming fields Manufacturer, Package name, Version and Language, the Distribution section, and Save and Cancel buttons.
Earlier version: the window opened by Edit. Its fields are the MSI and transform files, the naming, the distribution and the program settings. Click Save to keep your changes, or Cancel to close the window without saving.
Edit is greyed out The Edit button is disabled, with the tooltip Please set custom program names before editing, until the install and uninstall program names are set. Use Edit Program Names first.

5 Delete a package

Click on the Delete button to delete a package.

A confirm dialog will show before the package is deleted, asking whether you want to delete the package:

The confirm dialog Delete Corel WinZip x86 20.0.11659 with the question Do you want to delete the package, a Delete source files checkbox, and Delete and Cancel buttons.
Earlier version: the confirm dialog. The current dialog asks Do you want to delete 'package name'? and has the same Delete source files checkbox.

The “Delete source files” checkbox will, if checked, remove the source files from the package share.

The deletion runs in the background, and the package is hidden from the list straight after you confirm it. If the package has install or uninstall advertisements, their collections and the folder that holds them are deleted with it.

6 Best practice

  • Set the install and uninstall program names of every package that does not use the default names before you edit it. The Edit button stays greyed out until you do.
  • Tick Delete source files only when no other package uses the same source folder. The files are removed from the package share.
  • Give the Edit and Delete rights only to the roles that need them. Without the right, the column is not shown for that role.

7 Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseWhat to do
The Edit button is greyed out, with the tooltip “Please set custom program names before editing”.The install or uninstall program name of the package is not set.Click Edit Program Names, set both names and save. Then click Edit.
The warning icon stays on a package after you set its names.The names were not saved, or the window was closed without saving.Open Edit Program Names again, check both names and click Save.
No Edit or Delete link is shown in the list.The role you are signed in with does not have the right to edit or delete packages.Ask an administrator to check the rights of your security role.
“No packages match your criteria”The search text does not match any package name.Type a shorter part of the name, or clear the search field.