Re: Upgrading Linux Abi

According to the Autopackage site, it is recommedned to remove any old
versions (including ones from your distribution) before installing an
Autopackage. However, if you receive updates to AbiWord through your
package manager (such as yum in Fedora Core/Extras) and do not use the
autopackage, there is no need to uninstall to update.

Thanks for using AbiWord!

Ryan

Mark Richardson wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Good to see that Abiword 2.4.5 is out.
>
> I have one question about upgrading the Linux version of Abiword: Do
> most Linux users remove Abiword before upgrading? I've used the
> Windows version for a long time and have always thoroughly uninstalled
> previous versions before upgrading. I think this has been strongly
> recommended. Lately, though, I've been relying on Abiword 2.4.4
> running on Mepis Linux. It runs very well and I want to keep up to
> speed with the latest versions. But uninstalling in Linux can wreak
> havoc. I've downloaded the latest autopackage of Abi 2.4.5 and it has
> installed without removing 2.4.4. (maybe because I installed the
> previous version through the Mepis repositories?). Each has its own
> executable, and I seem to be able to call up and use either one.
> Soon I'll be upgrading my version of Mepis and will be doing a clean
> install of the latest Abiword. But for future reference, what's the
> position on getting rid of earlier Linux versions?
>
> --Mark Richardson

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Ryan Pavlik
AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer
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