On 7 Jan 2024 at 22:04, John Darrington wrote: > I recall when I tried the windows installer several years ago, that > this was "normal", > when upgrading from a version of PSPP which was already installed. > > You might be able to work around it manually by deleting the > existing installation > before installing the new one. > > Like all GNU projects, we recommend running PSPP under GNU or > GNU/Linux. PSPP is optimised > for those systems and you get 100% freedom. >
Right, but this option may not be feasible for some. E.g. in an institution not allowing for individual computer configuration... best, R > J' > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 03:31:38AM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > There are some bug fixes from that version to the final version, > but I > > don't think they'd affect installation time. > > > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:30AM ft gmail <public....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > This is what I thought, too. > > > > > > Has this to do with the 2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8 version ? > > > > > > Are there differences between the pre and the final version that > merit to install the latter ? > > > > > > -ftr > > > > > > Le 03/01/2024 à 12:25, Ben Pfaff a écrit : > > > > > > I did not write the Windows installer, nor have I used it, but > I'd > > > expect installation to take a minute or less. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 3:22AM ft gmail <public....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > To be more precise: how long does your installation process take > with Windows 11 ? > > > > > > -ftr > > > > > > Le 29/12/2023 à 18:31, ft gmail a écrit : > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I installed pspp 2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8 in a PC running under windows > 11. It took about 45 minutes ! > > > > > > I guess this in somewhat abnormal. > > > > > > The PC works with 16 MB Ram, so RAM size should not be a > problem. No other programs were running besides RevoUnistaller. But > this program did never impact on installing any program. > > > > > > Any ideas how to accelerate the install ? > > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > -ftr > > > > > > > > > > > > Informations système > > > > --------------------- > -------------+-------- > ---------------------- > --- > > > |Version |GNU pspp > 2.0.0-pre3gfa60c8 | > > > |Host System |x86_64-w64-mingw32 > | > > > |Système en construction |x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > | > > > |Répertoire des paramètres régionaux|C:\Program > Files\PSPP/share/locale| > > > |Journal File > |C:/Users/TOSHIBA/pspp.jnl | > > > |Compiler Version |10-win32 20210110 > | > > > > --------------------- > -------------+-------- > ---------------------- > --- > > > > > > >
