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  Re: dual install of 3.5 & 3.6 - any conflicts/gotcha's  
From: Alain
Date: 16 Jun 2004 16:44:39
Message: <40d0b137$1@news.povray.org>
Christoph Hormann nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 16/06/2004 
15:26... :

> stephen parkinson wrote:
>
>> someone has to ask
>>
>> any gotcha's i should be aware of ?
>>
>> any conflicts in file naming, config files etc
>>
>> this is for a linux box btw
>>
>
> No problems.  POV-Ray 3.6 uses a different place for the configuration 
> files than 3.5 and during install it will copy the 3.5 povray.ini to 
> the new place if it exists.
>
> You will however have to rename your POV-Ray 3.5 executable to 
> whatever you prefer (for example povray35).  The install script just 
> creates a backup copy.
>
> Christoph
>
Don't need to rename any file. I have both versions each in it's own 
folder and can execute one or the other. Just need a shortcut for each.

Alain


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