Calibre reports version 0.8.52 after upgrading to 0.9.5

[daBigR--]

Hi,
I had Calibre on my work PC and I hadn't used it for a while, when I opened it today it reported an update to 0.9.5 was available. So I downloaded it and installed it with no error but when Calibre started it reported the same update was available and in the lower left corner it says it's version 0.8.52, I don't remember if that was the version I had before upgrading or not - I don't think so but I'm not sure. I tried to reinstall 0.9.5 and it detected it was already installed and only offered options to change, repair or uninstall. I tried repairing the install with no errors and it stil reports version 0.8.52. I tried installing 0.9.4 but the installer said there already was a newer version installed. I didn't think of anything else to try so I couldn't solve the problem. Any ideas?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by daBigR--

Hi,
I had Calibre on my work PC and I hadn't used it for a while, when I opened it today it reported an update to 0.9.5 was available. So I downloaded it and installed it with no error but when Calibre started it reported the same update was available and in the lower left corner it says it's version 0.8.52, I don't remember if that was the version I had before upgrading or not - I don't think so but I'm not sure. I tried to reinstall 0.9.5 and it detected it was already installed and only offered options to change, repair or uninstall. I tried repairing the install with no errors and it stil reports version 0.8.52. I tried installing 0.9.4 but the installer said there already was a newer version installed. I didn't think of anything else to try so I couldn't solve the problem. Any ideas?

Be sure Calibre (and content-server if running) are stopped. Check the OS taskmanager
Did you use a 'download manager' (avoid )? Did you have 'Admin rights'?
Normal Calibre installs overlay the existing one. Uninstall (the preferences and Library remain) and try again with a fresh download (discard the one that failed)

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by daBigR--

I had Calibre on my work PC and I hadn't used it for a while, when I opened it today it reported an update to 0.9.5 was available. So I downloaded it and installed it with no error but when Calibre started it reported the same update was available and in the lower left corner it says it's version 0.8.52
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I didn't think of anything else to try so I couldn't solve the problem. Any ideas?

Two reasons come to mind why you may seeing this.

1. You installed 0.8.52 in a custom location and continue launching that version even though calibre 0.9.5 is installed on your computer.

2. Same concept as 1, but you are running calibre portable and just installed the normal local version of calibre.

Also if you are running 0.8.52 you should have seen a pop up for a new version every week for the last 6 months.

What OS are you running?

[itimpi]

Another possibility is that you set yourself up a some time to run from source. If so that always takes precedence over the binaries. You can tell if you are running from source by the fact that an asterisk will follow the version number displayed at the bottom left.

[daBigR--]

Thanx, I uninstaled and reinstalled and it is OK now.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by itimpi

Another possibility is that you set yourself up a some time to run from source. If so that always takes precedence over the binaries. You can tell if you are running from source by the fact that an asterisk will follow the version number displayed at the bottom left.

When I started my post this was going to be included, but I had a senior moment and blanked this out. Nice add.