Solution for "There are no updates currently available for your PixInsight"

[NKV]

Hi,
I see sometimes users have difficulty in obtaining updates. To identify the problem I deleted a module just received through the system upgrade and I got a problem!  I don't see the module in "Process", I see module in "Installed Packages", PI gives me a "There are no updates currently available for your PixInsight installation."

OK, now solution:
1) Go to PixInsight folder and edit file updates.xri ( i do it in PI Script Editor )
2) Delete in the file a section with problematic module. For example if you have problem with CosmeticCorrection module look for the code:

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   <package fileName="20120404-1-windows-x86_64-module.zip" sha1="3bf7f85adcce9a6d76ed50209f28bb455e871259" type="module" repo="http://update.pixinsight.com/" releaseDate="20120404" installDate="20120410022559">
      <title>CosmeticCorrection module version 1.2.0.3 (new module)</title>
      <description>
         <p>This update installs the first official version of the CosmeticCorrection tool, written by Nikolay Volkov. Although this tool is relatively new and is still undergoing extensive development, it has already reached an excellent stability and usability level.</p>
         <p>CosmeticCorrection allows you to fix defective pixels (hot and cold pixels) as well as column and row defects in your images. It work on monochrome CCD and OSC and DSLR CFA mosaiced images as a batch process, and has full real-time previewing capabilities. CosmeticCorrection has the potential to become an essential preprocessing tool in PixInsight.</p>
         <p>For more information on the development and features of the CosmeticCorrection tool, please refer to the corresponding thread on PixInsight Forum:</p>
         <p>http://pixinsight.com/forum/index.php?topic=3483.0</p>
         <p>Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Nikolay Volkov</p>
         <p>Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Astrophoto S.L.</p>
      </description>
   </package>and remove it completely.
3) Save file and check updates. PI should restore the module.

Best regards,
Nikolay.

[Nocturnal]

Extreme PI hacking!

[bitli]

Thanks, this worked with two caveats:
On windows-7 you must edit the file as administrator (Windows will let you edit and save the file as standard user, but in fact it is still not modified).
I got a warning about duplicate identifiers, this was maybe because I installed the module manually via download,7z etc... I though that I did remove it. Anyhow it works.

On my system the root cause may be due to the bug in pjsr that force me to power cycle the PC when I forget to close a brace. I try to be carful, but this still happens a couple of time a day. I may have had to power cycle when an update was not flushed?
-- bitli

[NKV]

On windows-7 you must edit the file as administrator

Or you can do it in PixInsight Script Editor without problem

Anyway you can completely delete the file updates.xri, to force PixInsight download and reinstall all packages again.