On 12/2/20 3:37 PM, Yu Jin wrote:
Am Mi., 2. Dez. 2020 um 20:24 Uhr schrieb <_johnny7_...@web.de
<mailto:johnny7_...@web.de>>:
Perfect, thank you for elaborating on this. I suspected something
along
these lines but wanted to be sure. It is generally handy to be able to
update so it is good to hear this will still be supported (but I
assume
for 2.4 it won't be possible?).
Every major release will have to be installed freshly, meaning into an
empty folder. This is not because of the installer itself though, but
rather because of LyX. Usually major releases bring new features and
get rid of some old stuff, so a fresh "restart" is needed. The
installer for 2.4 won't detect your LyX 2.3 because of that. It will
also be the same for 2.5 and so on. But once you have a 2.4
installation, every next minor release (2.4.x) will again be able to
detect your older 2.4 installation as usual and propose to install
over it. This was always the case and will always be the case (well,
except for the case of 2.3.6 :)
Just to add a little bit to this: I knew the new installer would bring
some hiccups. But, since we have had only good reports about it, and
since a 64 bit version is especially important, it seemed worth going
ahead now.
Eugene, will the 2.4.x installer migrate user preferences from 2.3.x
(assuming they are found in the most usual place)? It would be very good
if it could.
Riki
Am 02.12.2020 um 19:42 schrieb Yu Jin:
> Am Mi., 2. Dez. 2020 um 13:25 Uhr schrieb <_johnny7_...@web.de
<mailto:johnny7_...@web.de>
> <mailto:johnny7_...@web.de <mailto:johnny7_...@web.de>>>:
>
> Thanks for all your work and for the release of LyX 2.3.6!
>
> I was wondering how to proceed with the new installer on
Windows. With
> former version updates it worked fine just to run the installer
> and put
> the new version over the old one.
>
> This is not intended for this release particularly. The new
installer
> also supports this feature, but it does not support installing
into a
> LyX directory where LyX was installed with the old installer. Please
> uninstall the old Version and install LyX 2.3.6 into an empty
folder.
> You will be able to install the next releases over this one (and the
> following ones) again as before. It is just once that you need to
> uninstall the old versions (prior to 2.3.6) because the installer
> changed now.
>
> The new 64-bit installer does not
> automatically detect my LyX installation in "C:\Program
Files (x86)"
> (for 32-bit programmes) but chooses "C:\Program Files".
>
> This is intended, on 64 bit Windows "Program Files (x86)"
contains 32
> bit applications, while 64 bit applications are installed in
"Program
> Files".
>
> Can I safely
> uninstall the old version and keep all my settings?
>
> Yes, if you don't choose "LyX's users preferences" while
uninstalling,
> it should not remove the preferences.
>
> Is uninstalling the
> previous version the recommended procedure?
>
> Yes, as written above and just announced on LyX mailing lists.
>
>
> (If I remember correctly, the former installer asked whether I
> wanted to
> install LyX for all users or only for me whereas the new
installer,
> started as a normal user, assumes I want to install it only
for myself
> and thus chooses "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local" which would be an
> unusual
> choice. I can of course avoid this by starting the installer
as an
> admin
> but I think this worked differently before.)
>
> The behavior here is the same as before. When you start installation
> as a user without admin permissions, you will only be able to
install
> for yourself. If you run as admin or as a user with admin
permissions,
> then you will be able to choose to install for yourself or all using
> this computer.
--
Eugene
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