[GNC] v3.5

[Adrien Monteleone]

For completeness, on a Mac, simply drag the .app bundle (inside the .dmg) to the install location (usually /Applications) and the Mac will dutifully ask if you want to replace the current installation, or retain both. It then copies the new version to that location and either overwrites the old version, or renames the new one slightly so you can have both if that was your choice.


Regards,
Adrien

> On Apr 7, 2019, at 5:56 AM, David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> Graham,
> 
> Upgrading GnuCash is generally pretty painless and as you point  out is no
> more complex than initial installation in most cases. As Colin said you
> should always have backups (I have 4 separate backups2 of which are  off
> site to my computers).
> 
> The main time you may strike problems is in the initial switch between major
> versions e.g. from 2.6 to V3. If you aren't a confident user then it is
> better to wait for a couple of bugfix releases as quite often there are
> major changes in the major release updates and an increased likelihood of
> bugs. With V3 by 3.5 you are pretty safe.  Any changes in internal data file
> format or preferences are usually handled either in installation scripts or
> built in code to manage the change. Waiting too long may result in having to
> do the upgrade in steps using intermediate releases. E.g if you were still
> back on an early V2 version.
> 
> On Windows, the installer will usually take care of uninstalling any
> previous version. Similarly most Linux distros often include an uninstall
> option in their main menu items. The wiki has full uninstallation
> instructions if you are building from scratch. Haven't had to uninstall a
> .deb package but dpkg which is used in installation can do it as can apt
> remove or apt-get remove.  With MacOSX i have no experience at all.
> 
> David Cousens