[wxPython-users] Updating my version?

[Robin Dunn]

Mike Rooney wrote:
> John Salerno wrote:
>> It's been a while and I've forgotten. If I want to move to the latest 
>> version of wxPython, do I need to uninstall my current version, or 
>> does it install over it? Or do they co-exist if I leave it?
> 
> 
> It will not install overtop, they can coexist. When you install the new 
> version it will ask if it should make itself the default wxPython 
> install. However unless you need to use both, I believe it is 
> recommended to uninstall the old version.

Some further clarification:  Two different X.Y versions of wxPython can 
coexist, and also ansi/unicode versions of the same X.Y can coexist, and 
with a little hand-tweaking different X.Y.Z versions of the same X.Y can 
also coexist.  You can control which is used by default by editing the 
wx.pth file.  The installers will overwrite any existing install of the 
same X.Y. version (actually on Windows it will offer to uninstall the 
old one first) but if there is a different X.y already installed then it 
won't notice it.  Clear as mud?  ;-)

See:

	http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/ReleaseSeries
	http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/MultiVersionInstalls

-- 
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org  Java give you jitters?  Relax with wxPython!