add warning to remove old gramps version

svn: r12242
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Benny Malengier 2009-03-07 20:11:24 +00:00
parent bdbcc5efb2
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@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ This file contains some useful details on the installation from source code
for GRAMPS. It does not cover installation of a pre-built binary package. for GRAMPS. It does not cover installation of a pre-built binary package.
For that use your package manager, the rest is already done by the packager. For that use your package manager, the rest is already done by the packager.
uninstall old version
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If you do a source install in the same place of an existing install, you need
to remove the old version first (just delete the directory).
GRAMPS is a python application, so loading happens on reading the files,
meaning that files of a previous version that are no longer present in the
new version can still be loaded, making the new install unstable.
configure vs autogen scripts configure vs autogen scripts
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