If an incremental release of the Coverity Desktop product becomes available, you can update the central download page with the new packages by completing the following:
Go to the <install_dir>/server/base/webapps/ directory.
Remove the following files:
- In the downloads directory, remove the following files:
cov-desktop-eclipse-2026.9.0.zip
cov-desktop-windriver-2026.9.0.zip
cov-desktop-qnx-2026.9.0.zip
cov-desktop-microsoft-visual-studio-2026.9.0.zip (for Visual Studio versions 2008-2010)
Coverity.Desktop.vsix (for Visual Studio 2013-2017)
- Remove the following directories:
coverity-desktop-eclipse/update
coverity-desktop-windriver/update
coverity-desktop-qnx/update
coverity-desktop-visual-studio/gallery
Download updated Eclipse, Wind River WorkBench, QNX Momentics, and Visual Studio .zip packages.
For Eclipse, Wind River, QNX, and Visual Studio versions 2008-2010, save the .zip packages in the <install_dir>/server/base/webapps/downloads directory.
For Visual Studio 2013-2017, extract the cov-desktop-microsoft-visual-studio-gallery-2026.9.0.zip file. Then copy Coverity.Desktop.vsix into the downloads directory.Note: Coverity.Desktop.vsix is found in the extracted .zip package, under coverity-desktop-vs/gallery.For Eclipse, unpack cov-desktop-eclipse-2026.9.0.zip, then move the extracted directories to coverity-desktop-eclipse/update.
For Wind River, unpack cov-desktop-windriver-2026.9.0.zip, then move the extracted directories to coverity-desktop-windriver/update.
For QNX, unpack cov-desktop-qnx-2026.9.0.zip, then move the extracted directories to coverity-desktop-qnx/update.
For Visual Studio 2013-2017, copy the extracted gallery directory to coverity-desktop-visual-studio/gallery.
The user can now download the new versions of the plug-in files and also point at a new version of the Eclipse update or Visual Studio 2013-2017 gallery site.