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[Solved] Question about Updating to 2.0
OLLI_S:
Hello,
I have Lazarus 1.8.4 (also the Add-On for building and debugging 32bit Windows applications).
I also installed some packages (like the AnchorDockingDsgn, the Online package manger and from the Online package manger I installed some packages like RichMemo and others).
When I start the installer of Lazarus 2.0, he suggests to uninstall the previous version first.
If I do this I fear to loose all my settings and packages.
So can I install Lazarus 2.0 over 1.8.4 without uninstalling 1.8.4?
If an un-installation is recommended: can I export my settings and packages so I don't have to set them up manually again?
Thank you for your help!
Best regards
OLLI
dbannon:
Olli_s, if (and only if) you want to accept advice from a non windows user ....
Your current install was probably a combined FPC and Lazarus package ?
What you could do is make a separate install of Lazarus and continue to use your existing FPC. You could do that separate install by using, perhaps fpcupdelux or just pull down the lazarus source and compiling it yourself.
Once you have a separate install of Lazarus, you can start the new one with a command line parameter (eg) --pcp=.laz_200 That will ensure the new install keeps all its config in a separate place.
I believe windows lets you make a short cut that gets command line parameters ?? Easy thing would be to make each one a shortcut to its own version of the 'lazarus' executable. And don't forget that --pcp !
Davo
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JuhaManninen:
dbannon, there is no need for fpcupdeluxe or pulling down sources.
He clearly wants to install the new release version 2.0.0.
Yes, the old 1.8.4 must be uninstalled first but it will not delete the local configuration.
The same packages will be installed again after a rebuild.
wp:
No, the new version can exist without interfering with an old one if you select the "Create secondary installation" option in the installer, select a new "Folder for config" and don't register any file extensions. I have a lot of these installations on my HD. On Windows I never uninstalled any Lazarus.
The only draw-back (as with every new installation) is that the new installation starts with default settings and only the basic packages installed. So, when you first start the new Lazarus you should go to "Package" > "Install/Uninstall packages" and install all the packages that come with Lazarus and are not installed by default, among them the Online-Package-Manger with which you can get yourself the other packages. I have a lot of packages which are not contained in OPM or are at an advanced version - these must be installed separately. Seems like a lot of work, but I do not want to have every package that I once worked with in every installation - I install what I can remember and leave the rest to the IDE to tell me what is missing when I load a project.
You might be tempted to copy some config files from the old "Folder of config" to the new one - I would not recommend this because it will bring paths of the old installation into the new one and this could result in strange effects. But I have only a few changes that I make to the IDE (classic keyboard layout, don't load previous project, language English, etc).
OLLI_S:
I simply want to upgrade my existing installation and keep all my settings and installed Add-Ons and installed packages.
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