Re: What is the best way to upgrade to LyX 1.6?

[Richard Heck]

James Sutherland wrote:

On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Erez Yerushalmi wrote:

Hi all,

I am using LyX 1.5.5 and would like to upgrade to 1.6.

What is the best way to do this?
Should I *un*install 1.5.5 and then install 1.6, or just upload the new,
install it, and it will erase the old?
Or, finally, should I wait a bit longer for another 1.6 version to come,
which is better then the LyX 1.6.0rc2.

Thanks,

Erez

I am running them side-by-side until 1.6 is ready for prime time. I 
would be very careful about jumping into 1.6 with any critical work, 
since it is still a bit unstable.

If you are brave, and really excited about trying out the new 1.6 
features I suggest trying it out in small steps.

Also be warned that files are not (yet) backward-compatible - meaning 
anything you edit in 1.6 will not function in 1.5 until 1.57 is 
released, which will provide backward-compatibility.

Note that doing this means using separate user directories, since the 
preferences file and the like have different formats. So launch 1.6 
using a command like:
/usr/local/bin/lyx -userdir ~/.lyx16/
and put that into a trivial shellscript so you don't get confused.

rh