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Re: removing old IDL versions [message #28207 is a reply to message #28204]

Mon, 26 November 2001 14:15

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Harald von der Osten-Woldenburg (hvdosten@lb.netic.de) writes:

> now I have ID 5.0, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 installed on my workstation. I would
> like to remove the older versions. But - before doing this - is this
> possible without any problems? Or should I take care of some libraries
> or so?

Don't do this!

I decided to "tidy up" when I got my new machine.
Now, I regret it. (I historically regret it when
I tidy up, but that's another story, entirely,
and has to do with my "toss first, ask questions
later" philosophy of order. Let's just say that
when I announce I will be "cleaning up in 10
minutes", there is a general flurry of pick-up
activity from all hands.)

Anyway, now I find I can't waste away an afternoon
answering any of those "this doesn't work in IDL
5.1" questions. And the very first programming
project I got after I cleaned up was a nifty little
number that looked sharp in object graphics. I
was really proud of it as I handed it over.

"Dave, this program doesn't compile. By the
way, did I mention I'm running IDL 4.0?"

"Uh, no. I don't believe you mentioned that," I said. :-(

What you *don't* want to do is install IDL 4.0 *after*
you have installed 5.5. It just doesn't work very well.

Cheers,

David
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Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
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		Re: removing old IDL versions By: John-David T. Smith on Tue, 27 November 2001 08:45
		Re: removing old IDL versions By: Harald von der Osten-[1] on Mon, 26 November 2001 23:26
		Re: removing old IDL versions By: Craig Markwardt on Mon, 26 November 2001 21:54
		Re: removing old IDL versions By: Phillip David on Mon, 26 November 2001 14:48
		Re: removing old IDL versions By: David Fanning on Mon, 26 November 2001 14:15

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