wine users - Mar 2007 - Upgrading software under Wine

I run several program under Wine.  Two I'm especially reliant on
are Password Safe, an open source password manager, and Dasher, a
new interface for playing on the Internet Chess Club.

Both these programs are being actively developed and are frequently
upgraded.

I always backup the previous version, then install the upgrade by
running the installer, such as "wine pwsafe-3.04.exe.bin".  I just
go with the defaults, which leaves me with a nice desktop icon.  This
has been working very well over several upgrades of these programs.

My question is, should I be uninstalling the previous version (both
these programs come with their own uninstallers) before installing
the new version?  In other words, if I continue to just backup and
install, am I at risk of hosing Wine's registry?

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Jim Showalter <jim_showalter@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My question is, should I be uninstalling the previous version (both
> these programs come with their own uninstallers) before installing
> the new version?  In other words, if I continue to just backup and
> install, am I at risk of hosing Wine's registry?
That would depend on the programs - wine, just as windows, has no say in
that.

Daniel

Jim Showalter wrote:
> I run several program under Wine.  Two I'm especially reliant on
> are Password Safe, an open source password manager
There are Linux ports of that software available also, in case you 
didn't know:
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/#RelatedProjects