I would like to install the new version of KiCad without uninstalling the 2013 Old Stable version. I am getting an error message that KiCad is already installed and that files will be overwritten.
Is there any way to have two versions installed?
I had it like that for a while, but the hassle wasn’t worth it really.
You can copy the kicad program folder of the installed 2013 version (essentialy rename it) and you must take care of the settings files in:
C:\Users\JonDoe\AppData\Roaming\kicad
manually.
On the other hand, you can always re-install the older version over the new version and go back.
The new versions can work with the old libs and files and have no worse bugs than the version you’re replacing them with.
So there is really nothing much to gain by going through all of this.
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Yes, I run the old (BZR4022) version as well as the new one, I would recommend doing so if you have older projects. It prevents any “surprises” when opening old projects.
You can rename the folder in c:\Program Files to “kicad_4022” or something. Make sure you have closed kicad first. Then when you install the new version it will coexist. I don’t know where 4022 stores its settings, but it seems to be separate to “new” kicad.
You can create a shortcut to the old kicad on the desktop. In fact I have many versions of kicad “installed”…
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