Linux mint, have stable and nightly build on one machine

[jaromir]

Hello,
I’m using Linux Mint 18.1 with KiCad 4.0.5 stable with no problems. However I wanted to try the nightly build too, so I installed it on virtual machine, in order to not break my current stable version. VM is not ideal when it comes to speed and convenience; is there a way to have both stable and development version on one machine?
I installed both KiCad instances using this https://kicad.org/download/linux-mint/

[probono]

You could use AppImages:
https://bintray.com/probono/AppImages/KiCad#files

KiCad AppImage for Linux

Hi all, I am working on a KiCad AppImage for most Linux distributions. An AppImage has, among others, these advantages: Works for most Linux distributions (including Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint, and others) Release and nightly versions available, can have them in parallel One app = one file = super simple for users: just download one AppImage file, make it executable, and run No unpacking or installation necessary No root needed No system libraries changed Just …

[pedro]

I have not tested KiCad AppImage.

Anyway I have both versions in my computer.
Nightly builds: from the repo
Stable 4.0.5: downloaded sources and built with cmake, make, make install (/usr/local)

Building from sources requires additional dependencies.