title: Qt Installer Framework: Auto Update
body: <p>I'm currently using the Qt Installer Framework and managed to set up an online repository. What I want to know is:</p>
  
  <p>Does the Framework provide some kind of "auto-update" mechanism, e.g. a plugin/service that checks for updates every time the program/system starts?<br>
  Check for updates would be enough, since the installation itself can be done using the maintanance tool.</p>
  
  <p>All I could find about this topic was this small sentence:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>End users can use the maintenance tool to install additional components from the server after the initial installation, as well as to <strong>receive automatic updates</strong> to content as soon as the updates are published on the server. </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>from here: <a href="http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-overview.html#choosing-installer-type" rel="noreferrer">http://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/ifw-overview.html#choosing-installer-type</a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help!</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Suggestion<br/>
  Based on this question's accepted answere I created a small library to automatically check for updates using the installer framework - <a href="https://github.com/Skycoder42/QtAutoUpdater" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/Skycoder42/QtAutoUpdater</a></p>