updating versions in Linux

[relogi]

I just downloaded 1.1.3,
(threw out the 1.1.1 folder)
cd 'd into the 1.1.3 folder and
ran setup.py install
(and setup.py xdg-install);
everything looked good on the command line.
Opened up novelWriter (clicking on the icon) and I am now being told I'm running 1.0.3, a version i thought I'd disposed of when I installed 1.1.1. Any thoughts on how zombie novelWriter is haunting me?

I hate wasting people's time on what is most likely an error between keyboard and chair, but thought it worth bringing up in the context of updating the program on linux...

relogi

[vkbo]

I guess the simplest solution is to look what the path in the novelwriter.desktop file points to. The file should be in either ~/.local/share/applications or in /usr/share/applications/. It is not clear from your description where you're clicking the icon from. It may also be a copy of an older version of the .desktop file.

Basically, running these two commands from command line:

cat ~/.local/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop
cat /usr/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop

Should produce at least one result. The Exec= line should reveal where it is pointing.

The setup.py install command copies novelWriter to the system's Python package location. This is not really intended for standalone applications in the first place so I don't do this myself. Personally, I'd recommend not running the install step at all. I updated the documentation a while back to reflect this. I keep my working copy of novelWriter, and other applications that don't come from the OS repo, in a software folder. Then you can run ./setup.py xdg-install from the folder you want to be the active version. If you don't run the step with the sudo command, it should update the same ~/.local/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop file each time.

[relogi]

Thank you... Got it. I'm actually diving into the whole Python package location thing now that you've shown me how inadequate my understanding is... has been... It shows you how little thought I was putting into the set up process that I was/have been doing both the setup.py install AND the setup.py xdg-install inside the downloaded version of novelWriter... pip uninstall was how i managed to dig myself out of ignorance this time... your patience with me is amazing,..
relogi

[vkbo]

Hah, well, there's nothing wrong with running both the install step and xdg-install. It's just that the latter is enough. But glad I could help!