Installing different versions of VStudio on one machine

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 9/4/08 10:24 PM, "Steve Albin" <steve at steve-albin.com> wrote:

>>> If so, then why does the VStudio installer put VComponents here:
>>>     /usr/local/lib/
>> 
>> Are you sure? :)
>> 
>> I think its some ADK e.g. V4RB or V4MD have install them there.
>> But not VStudio
> 
> You are correct and I was wrong on that point.  But, I still have another
> misunderstanding.
> 
> I had VStudio 3.5.2 running fine.  Then, as a test, I deleted it and also
> deleted the VComponents folder in /usr/local/lib/.  I then ran the installer
> for VStudio.  As you point out, no VComponents folder is created.  But,
> VStudio does not run either.  I look at the size of the file and it is 23MB as
> opposed to the 71MB for the previously installed version.  I used the standard
> install - not the customize.
> 
> It appears to me that one must install the ADK first, and then install VStudio
> so it can pick up the files it needs from the VComponents folder.  Is this
> true?  If so, then yesterday when I needed to do a quick test using the 3.6
> beta, I would not be able to use VStudio without first installing the VDK.
> This is kind of a hassle because unless you plan on upgrading, you then have
> to restore the ADK environment.

Vstudio installer DO NOT expect any ADK to be installed of course.

I will check Vstudio 3.5.2 MAC archive.
May be something was broken.


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Ruslan Zasukhin
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