Re: can't install dia for windows

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

On 21.06.2006 19:25, valvarez adinet com uy wrote:
> Hi,
> I've followed de instruccions on the page http://dia-installer.
> sourceforge.net/ but I still can not install dia for Windows.
> It's installed (OK), GTK+ Runtime Environment 2.6, because I'm using 
> Windows 98.
> When I try to install dia (dia-setup-0.95-1.exe or dia-setup-0.95-pre4.
> exe) an error messagge appear: Error! Can't initialize plug-ins 
> directory. Please try again later.

Seems like http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334141
Apparently Steffen did not yet6 find the time to update his
NSIS version to something above 2.13.

> Some places suggest to verify if there is a problem with temp 
> directory, I confirmed there isn't any problem.
> I've also tryed on another Windows 98 PC with same results.
> What can I do?
One workaround described in the above mentioned bug report is to
install under some newer windoze, like Win2K or WinXP and copy
over the files to the win98 machine.
Another way would be to wait for a version with updated installer.

        Hans

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