hi peter, >> Linux user for a while, I can't answer the question: is it necessary >> uninstall previous version before installing last version? > I'd say "it depends". > > As been mentioned you can usually keep several versions installed in > parallel, BUT, when you uninstall an old version of Scribus all file > associations and such will unfortunately be removed. > > I made that mistake, I installed 1.3.5 as well as 1.3.3.x because I > wanted to be able to use the stable version if things got messed up > and I ran out of time. > > Later on, when I uninstalled 1.3.3.x all associations disappeared so I > had to set them up again. I think I even went so far as to install > 1.3.5 once again to clean up the mess from the uninstall. > > So, if you are not going to keep the old version I would personally > uninstall it before installing the new version to avoid problems. > >
is there a bug report for this? ciao a.l.e
