Sitecore Package Designer – Update Existing Package

 
Lately I was working on a task that required installing a sitecore package to live site; let’s think of this package as a module package or a package prepared by someone else.

As you know that sitecore package can has the following:

• Sitecore items.

• Files (Configuration files and Dynamic link libraries (DLLs)).

• Security Accounts.

The deploying to live process required as a constraint deploying any physical files manually not through package for documentation reasons using another process rather than packaging; while sitecore items can be installed using a sitecore package.

So I had to update this package by removing configuration files and dlls while keeping any other packaged items.

Sitecore package designer provide a great functionality that allow you to update the content of existing package; let’s see how.

• First open sitecore package designer as you can see in the following screen shot:
  
  
  
  
  

• From the New drop button select “From existing package” as you can see from the following screen shot:
  
  
  
  
  

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  Upload and select the package you want to update from the package popup window.Now you can see the existing sources at the left where you can select the source that you need to update; then remove the items easily.

  
  

  Next step is to generate a new zip file by clicking "Generate Zip" from the build section.

  
  

  Hope this will help!