Bug 59390

Summary: MinGW: Can't use stable and beta in on time
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Vitaliy <vitaliy.a.timoshenko>
Component: LibreOfficeAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: robinson.libreoffice
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Windows (All)   
Whiteboard: BSA
Crash report or crash signature: Regression By:

Description Vitaliy 2013-01-15 05:15:25 UTC
Problem description: I am trying to compare (or I forget and lost old way and try find analog in new one) old 3.6 and new 4.0 (RC) version, but I can't run them at ones. I should switch between them - it's not useful at all.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Run old/new LO
2. Try run opposite

It would be good for beta be running with final and stable versions in one time.

              
Operating System: Windows 7
Version: unspecified
Comment 1 Robinson Tryon (qubit) 2013-11-25 02:07:08 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Problem description: I am trying to compare (or I forget and lost old way
> and try find analog in new one) old 3.6 and new 4.0 (RC) version, but I
> can't run them at ones. I should switch between them - it's not useful at
> all.

Sounds like a question for the Ask site:
http://ask.libreoffice.org/

In any case, our docs seem to say it's straightforward:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel#MinGW_Version

"The compressed MinGW builds simply have to be decompressed, then they can be used by a double-click on soffice.exe in the program folder, similar to a Portable Version."

What specific error do you get when you try to run two MinGW builds at the same time?
Comment 2 Maxim Monastirsky 2013-11-25 07:18:16 UTC
@Qubit: I suspect that 'MinGW' here is a mistake (I don't think there is any MinGW build), and the reporter really means the ordinary msi installer. And yes, RC versions have release configuration, and will replace any older installed version. The solution is to install with '/a' switch as described at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel#Version_3.5.x_and_newer:

I'm closing this bug as NOTABUG. Feel free to reopen if you disagree.