[Translators] How do you manage two Claws Mail binary?

[Erik P. Olsen]

On 2016-08-05 at 21:38:38 if.gnu.linux wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 16:18:54 +0200
> "Erik P. Olsen" <epodata at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 2016-08-05 at 16:32:27 if.gnu.linux wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > As you know before we send updated/new translations , we need to
> > > test them against new release. I suppose that you compile Claws
> > > Mail with updated/new translations then test it, and you do not
> > > want to mix existing Claws Mail, which is installed by your
> > > preferred distribution's package manager, with newly compiled one.
> > > So, how do you manage to keep two Claws Mail binary and not to mix
> > > them?
> > > 
> > > What I do is:
> > > 1- Compile Claws mail
> > > ./configure --prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> > > --exec-prefix=$HOME/claws-mail-git
> > > 
> > > 2. Change claws-mail.desktop file
> > > Exec=$HOME/claws-mail-git/bin/claws-mail
> > > --alternate-config-dir $HOME/claws-mail-git/.claws-mail %u
> > > 
> > > 3. Copy claws-mail.desktop as claws-git.desktop to
> > > ~/local/share/applications directory.
> > > 
> > > I wonder if there is an another method that can help to me/us.    
> > 
> > I use a virtual machine for that sort of tests.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Erik
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards
> > Erik P. Olsen
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> 
> Hi Mr. Olsen,
> 
> It did not occur to me to use a virtual machine for testing until now.
> Indeed, with a virtual machine you can keep the system clean. But
> there is something I could not understand. Did you mean compiling
> binary in a virtual machine by saying that "using virtual machine" or
> something else?

You install a programme package on your computer which behaves as a
real computer. In this virtual computer you install the operating
system on which you later install (compile) the programme you intend
to test. There are several programmes with that capability, one is
VirtualBox:  https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

-- 
Erik