# Better way for browsing nightly builds?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/better-way-for-browsing-nightly-builds/6077>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** extensions-manager, nightlybuild\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/better-way-for-browsing-nightly-builds/6077 "2019-03-08T16:23:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mcfly3001](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/mcfly3001/32/6437_2.png) [@mcfly3001](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mcfly3001)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/better-way-for-browsing-nightly-builds/6077/1 "2019-03-08T16:23:06Z")

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Hi Slicer-Team,

Your team recently helped me to solve a bug we have found in the OpenIGTLink extension. It was quickly fixed and I was told that there will be an updated available in the next day.  
Today I found time to update the extension but I found it quite diffucult to accomplish. So I was just wondering if there would have been a faster way. This is what I did:

- Went to [https://download.slicer.org/](https://download.slicer.org/) and clicked on “older releases” to find out that there is a whole “network” folder with lots of releases
- From there navigated to “/Public/Slicer/Packages/Extensions/Nightly”
- Going into nightly does not even work (guess due to amount of files)
- So I sorted the parent folder according to “Modified” and clicked on “show more” hoping to find a new build of SlicerIGT. Finally found one and downloaded the build

What I tried before, was to start Slicer and use the extension manager. But when chosing the OpenIGTLink Extension the release data showed 17. January 2019 so I was quite sure that this is not what I need.  
Is there some way I could mount this network-drive to my PC? Or any other way how to get nightly builds more easily? In my case I was actually searching for a Slicer 4.10.0 release. So first when trying to install the fixed extension I ended up with Slicer crashing. It took me a while to figure out that my download was for Slicer 4.10.1. So I upgraded to 4.10.1 and it finally runs without problem and the bug-fix included.

Thanks for any tips on how I could upgrade in future with less pain 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/better-way-for-browsing-nightly-builds/6077/2 "2019-03-08T16:28:08Z")

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You can update extensions using the drop-down menu in the Extensions Manager:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/7/8/780fd023f9912129caa398550547d2b2bfbd2ba0.png)

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**Author:** ![mcfly3001](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/mcfly3001/32/6437_2.png) [@mcfly3001](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/mcfly3001)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/better-way-for-browsing-nightly-builds/6077/3 "2019-03-08T16:41:27Z")

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Thanks for the hint. I remember that I have also tried this but back then I used Slicer 4.10 and not 4.10.1. But good to know for the future that this is the correct way to upgrade.  
I was not sure whether nightly builds are available with the update feature as well.

Thanks! Have a nice weekend!