# Updating the CDT

The CDT can be updated directly from the workbench using your internet connection.

1. Click Help > Software Updates > Find and Install.
2. In the Feature Updates window select Search for new features to install and click Next.
3. If you have not updated previously, you will have to enter the location of the CDT Install site. Click the Add Update Site... button.
4. In the New Update Site dialog box, enter a name and the URL for the update site in the spaces provided.
5. Select the update site you just created by clicking the appropriate checkbox and click Next.
6. A dialog box will appear showing the updates available from the update site, select each of the following features, ensuring you have precisely the same version for each one:
   - Eclipse C/C+ Development Tooling SDK
   - Eclipse C/C+ Development Tools
   Then click Next.
7. You should now see the Eclipse.org Software User Agreement, you must accept the agreement to install the CDT update. Do so by selecting I accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next.
8. Now select the location you would like the updates installed, usually this is the directory where you installed Eclipse, and click Finish.
9. You will now start downloading the CDT components. You will have to verify that you want the features installed by clicking Install for each feature you selected.
10. You will now have to restart Eclipse, select Yes to complete the update.

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