Side-by-side installations are currently not supported by the product,
although many people do exactly as you describe.
Some caveats:
- The two versions will attempt to share the same config file. This file
is located at <HOME>/.lmmsrc.xml. Most attributes in this config remained
the same from 0.4.x to 1.1.x, but you may expect some strange behavior.
- On windows platforms, the two versions will share the same registry
settings. This means the control panel will install over 0.4.x with the
latest version but your Add/Remove programs area will incorrectly list
0.4.x as the installed version.
- Double-clicking projects will attempt to open with the latest version
each time.
- The theme location may need to be reset each time the software is
launched. Newer versions reset to a sane-theme versions automatically but
this feature wasn't present in the 0.4.x branch.
This all assumes you make the somewhat obvious decision to install to a
different location so that you don't completely overwrite the old version
of the software.
If running Windows, there exists something known as "Portable LMMS" which
may help to circumvent these limitations, but the portable installer is not
supported by the LMMS team, so you will have to use at your own risk.
If you are not running Windows, then running two versions simultaneously
may require some additional work to get installed side-by-side. On Linux,
you may need to compile from source so that you can run from a custom
location.
All that said, many people have successfully run two versions, but it is
strongly advised against for the non-advanced user.
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On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:21 PM, International Giant <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you so much, Tres!
>
> May I ask you a few more?
>
> - Can I install the latest version and maintain the older version, using
> them independently from one another; in other words, downloading the new
> one will not affect the old version I already have installed in any way?
> There will be a new LMMS icon/program installed, along with the older LMMS
> version that already exists in my computer?
>
> - assuming the previous question isn't a negative, can I also
> export/migrate tracks of my choice from the old version to the new version
> of LMMS at random, once I install the new version, to see what they sound
> like inside the new version, without affecting my original
> installation/files that I am exporting from the old version?
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Tres Finocchiaro <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Upgrades currently are not supported by our installer.
>>
>> A full uninstall and reinstall is recommended whenever going to the
>> latest version.
>>
>> Your saved tracks and saved setting will still work, but some tracks will
>> sound different or wrong depending on which effects and instruments are
>> used.
>>
>> If additional work needs to be done on old 0.4.x tracks and you are
>> unable to reproduce the same sounds, you may need to downgrade using a
>> similar technique of uninstall and reinstall.
>>
>> As with any project, you should regularly backup your files.
>>
>
>
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