On Aug 7, 2:01 pm, Dan Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm about to upgrade from the last version google released for linux > (3.1.0, using a custom wine install) to 3.6. I've seen two procedures > mentioned: > > (a) Just install using a recent wine and go from there. > > (b) Install using a recent wine, then copy the installed files > to the google's custom wine directory. > > Questions: > > 1) Which is the currently recommended method?
Why not take advantage of the customizations and do it the (b) way. > 2) If the first way is done, how does picasa find its database which > stores album information, information about which albums are synced > to picasaweb, settings information (e.g. directories to scan or not > scan), etc? WINE sets up a basic "Windows directory structure", so Picasa thinks it really is running on a Windows system. The Picasa installer sets everything up. > 3) What's the recommended backup procedure and recovery method > if there is difficulty with 3.6? Maybe backup the tree starting at: /opt/google/picasa/ -- 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.
