Documentation/Nightly/SlicerApplication/ExtensionsManager

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3D Slicer now supports plug-ins which we call extensions. Extensions are available for download from an extension server. Extensions allow end-users to selectively install features that are useful for them.

Extensions Manager

Extension Manager.png

Installing an extension

Note: if extension manager is not visible then make sure that Enable extension manager option is enabled in Application Settings (menu item "Edit -> Application Settings -> Extensions"). If you changed the setting, Slicer has to be restarted for it to become effective.

Enable ExtensionsManager

Installing an extension without network connection

Updating installed extensions

By selecting Install Updates Automatically from the tools menu, Slicer will check if extension updates are available on start-up.

Uninstalling an extension

Disabling an extension

Incompatible extensions

Extensions Manager Settings

Extensions settings

  1. Extensions server URL: Address of the server used to download and install extensions
  2. Extensions installation path: Directory where extension packages should be extracted and installed

Module settings

  1. After installing an extension, the directories containing the modules bundled within an extension will be visible as additional module paths.
  2. Modules associated with an extension can also be disabled one by one.

Launcher settings

Whereas the module path is used to indicate Slicer where to look to load additional modules, the extension manager also takes care of updating the LibraryPaths / Paths / EnvironmentVariables in the launcher settings so that libraries associated with modules can be successfully loaded.



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