On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 02:12:53PM -0700, "Jonathan E. Paton"
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> If the gimp executable is installed at '/usr/bin', and you compile the developer
>sources then the
> newer version should appear by default at '/usr/local/bin'. This can be changed
>with the
> '--prefix=' ./configure option when compiling from sources. To run the old
>excutable just type
> '/usr/bin/gimp'.
While this *might* work it is somewhat fragile. It's best to use completely
different prefixes for the two versions of the gimp (e.g. /opt/gimp-1.0 and
/opt/gimp-1.1), especially when you are also upgrading gtk+ or other
libraries.
Having said that, it's usually quite safe, but...
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