Thread 'Updating Boinc'

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old_user111733 Send message Joined: 23 Nov 05 Posts: 4 Credit: 11,604 RAC: 0	Message 19228 - Posted: 12 Jan 2006, 23:22:27 UTC Last modified: 12 Jan 2006, 23:25:17 UTC Do I have to remove current version of boinc (4.45) to update to latest version? Or will boinc over write what is needed and be quite content doing so? The only stupid question is the unasked question ID: 19228 · Reply Quote

geophi Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Aug 04 Posts: 2187 Credit: 64,822,615 RAC: 5,275	Message 19236 - Posted: 13 Jan 2006, 0:42:48 UTC - in response to Message 19228. When I upgraded from 4.45 to 5.2.x, I didn\'t uninstall 4.45 and it worked fine. ID: 19236 · Reply Quote

old_user94880 Send message Joined: 27 Aug 05 Posts: 156 Credit: 112,423 RAC: 0	Message 19243 - Posted: 13 Jan 2006, 4:00:05 UTC I on the other hand always uninstall, but both ways work..... BOINC Wiki ID: 19243 · Reply Quote

Professor Desty Nova Send message Joined: 19 Sep 04 Posts: 92 Credit: 2,011,637 RAC: 351	Message 19245 - Posted: 13 Jan 2006, 8:18:14 UTC And don\'t forget to make a backup first ;-) Professor Desty Nova Researching Karma the Hard Way ID: 19245 · Reply Quote

old_user5994 Send message Joined: 31 Aug 04 Posts: 239 Credit: 2,933,299 RAC: 0	Message 19249 - Posted: 13 Jan 2006, 10:41:53 UTC The Wiki, strangely enough, has a very good guide on this very topic; AND includes step-by-step instructions that are as paranoid as I could make them (read as safe as possible); pictures and everything. BTW, it is the process I use ... ID: 19249 · Reply Quote