Cannot update to 11.11 in Linux Mint

Posts: 36 · ineuw 21 Jun 2021, 05:56

Downloaded and installed FFS 11.11 for Linux Mint, but the "About" shows 11.10 and the update notice 11.11 is still displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Posts: 3662 · xCSxXenon 25 Jun 2021, 15:05

What if you uninstall 11.10 and install 11.11 'again'

Posts: 36 · ineuw 25 Jun 2021, 16:11

I did that before posting, I will do that again, see what a search turns up

Posts: 3662 · xCSxXenon 25 Jun 2021, 16:20

I wonder if 11.10 is installed in a weird location. Can you run it and check your process manager for the location of the executable?

Posts: 36 · ineuw 25 Jun 2021, 16:38

The software is installed in /opt

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Posts: 36 · ineuw 27 Jun 2021, 05:14

Fixed as follows. Uninstall didn't work, so I deleted all references to it in the home directory, and deleted the /opt/FreeFileSync folder. Also, deleted FFS entries in the Menu/Accessories.

Reinstalled the 11.11 .run file which didn't create desktop.menu entries. So, I created a menu entry to "/opt/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync", and now 11.11 works from the menu or the panel.

P.S: it's Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.1

Posts: 3662 · xCSxXenon 28 Jun 2021, 14:11

Nice that you figured it out, weird though. I guess manually blasting a programs data isn't just a Windows thing!