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=== Steps for Windows ===
# Create a directory '''outside''' of the application's installation directory to be updated (e.g. <code>C:\app-update\</code>). This directory will be referred to as the '''outside''' directory throughout the instructions below so please make a note of its location. Grant the user account you are using Full Control permissions on this directory if it doesn't have these permission already.
# Copy <code>updater.exe</code> from the application's installation directory that is to be upgraded into the '''outside''' directory. If you would like to display the updater user interface while it is applying the update also copy the <code>updater.ini</code> into the '''outside''' directory.
# Download the appropriate .mar file and put it into the '''outside''' directory you created (see [[Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file#Downloading_a_mar_file|Downloading a mar file]]).
=== Steps for Mac OS X ===
# Create a directory '''outside''' of the application's installation directory to be updated (e.g. <code>/app-update/</code>). This directory will be referred to as the '''outside''' directory throughout the instructions below so please make a note of its location. Grant the user account you are using write, read, and execute permissions on this directory if it doesn't have these permission already.
# Copy <code>updater.app</code> from inside the application's package that is to be upgraded into the '''outside''' directory. For Firefox 3.5 and above, SeaMonkey 2.0 and above, and Thunderbird 3.0 and above if you would like to display the updater user interface while it is applying the update also copy the <code>updater.ini</code> into the '''outside''' directory. The <code>updater.app</code> package and <code>updater.ini</code> file are located in the app bundle's Contents/MacOS/ directory (e.g. for Firefox it is located in <code>Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/</code>).
# Download the appropriate .mar file and put it into the '''outside''' directory you created (see [[Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file#Downloading_a_mar_file|Downloading a mar file]]).
=== Steps for Linux ===
'''Important:''' this should work with all flavors of UNIX but the following steps have only been tested on Linux and Mozilla only distributes mar files for Linux.
# Create a directory '''outside''' of the application's installation directory to be updated (e.g. <code>/app-update/</code>). This directory will be referred to as the '''outside''' directory throughout the instructions below so please make a note of its location. Grant the user account you are using write, read, and execute permissions on this directory if it doesn't have these permission already.
# Copy <code>updater</code> from the application's installation directory that is to be upgraded into the '''outside''' directory. If you would like to display the updater user interface while it is applying the update also copy the <code>updater.ini</code> into the '''outside''' directory.
# Download the appropriate .mar file and put it into the '''outside''' directory you created (see [[Software_Update:Manually_Installing_a_MAR_file#Downloading_a_mar_file|Downloading a mar file]]).
