Answering my own question, in case anyone is interested: One can run 2 instances of picasa (not simultaneously, just 2 different databases, etc.), by using the 'PICASA_WINEPREFIX' env setting. For example:
$ env PICASA_WINEPREFIX="~/.picasa2" /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa If you want to start off with your current copy, instead of from scratch, then copy ~/.google/picasa/3.0/ directory and edit dosdevices/ c:/ link in your new picasa directory. On Jun 2, 8:06 am, crash <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob, a single instance of Picasa runs fine for me. It's when I try to > run two different ones that I have issues. > > On Jun 1, 11:20 am, Bob Meyers <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:25 PM, crash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am running Picasa 3.6 under Ubuntu 10.04. > > > > I am trying to hack a "profiles" approach to Picasa... and failing. > > > This is what I tried to do: > > > > - copied ~/.google/picasa/3.0/ to different dir (~/.picasa2) > > > - copied /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/wrapper to wrapper2 and edited the > > > following > > > - 356:export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.picasa2 > > > - copied /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa to picasa2 and edited the > > > following > > > - 125:WINEPREFIX="$HOME/.picasa2" > > > - edited ~/.picasa2/dosdevices/c: link to point to ../drive_c > > > > After that, I ran /opt/google/picasa/3.0/bin/picasa2 and told picasa > > > to watch a different photo dir. This worked well. Then I ran the > > > original picasa and it was still pointing to the old photo dir. I > > > thought I had succeeded in running 2 "profiles". > > > > However, when I re-ran picasa2, it looked like the original picasa > > > again. The change in photo dir that I had made previously was not > > > there. > > > > Any ideas on what I am missing? > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<google-labs-picasa-for-linux%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en. > > > I have exact same versions, 10.04 and Picasa 3.6 now working well. I found > > the instructions on the web did not work. I think the trick is to make sure > > you have Wine installed first. If you don't already have Wine when you > > install Picasa, it creates a custom c-drive and future install attempts > > fail. > > > To fix mine. I removed Wine and Picasa then installed Wine, Picasa 3.0, then > > Picasa 3.6 copy and it works. > > > Key to my fix was removing the previous c-drives, in ~/.wine and ~/.google . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
