Re: Re: I can't install it (Domingo J Rubira López)

[Harry Thijssen]

Hi Domingo

The habitual way should be sufficient if you did never installed 2 versions
without uninstalling first. However if you ever forgot it or not sure, you
can simply empty the pspp directory which is in fact a very quick way to
uninstall.

Stay safe


Op vr 14 aug. 2020 om 14:33 schreef Domingo J Rubira López <
domingojrubira@gmail.com>:

> Harry you mean after uninstalling by the habitual way, must I look for the
> pspp directory? or in another way??
>
> Thanks
>
> El vie., 14 ago. 2020 a las 14:30, Harry Thijssen (<pspp4windows@gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>> Be sure to remove all traces of other versions if you try different
>> generations of pspp on mswindows.
>>
>> The easiest way to do this is to completely remove the pspp directory in
>> the program directory.
>>
>> Stay safe
>>
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:01:04 +0200
>>> From: Domingo J Rubira López <domingojrubira@gmail.com>
>>> To: amead@alanmead.org
>>> Cc: pspp-users@gnu.org
>>> Subject: Re: I can't install it
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>>> Yes Alan. You are right. I have tried installing and removing several
>>> versions, and I can install almost all of them. The problem is that no
>>> one
>>> of them seems to work properly.
>>>
>>> I didn't install the program at work and on that pc I can do things I
>>> can`t
>>> at home. My pc is Windows 10 Home 64-bit. Last versión I have installed
>>> is pspp-20170909-daily-64bits-setup.exe. (GNU pspp 1.0.1-g818227) But I
>>> only could not install pspp-20181109-daily-64bits-setup.exe (I think the
>>> latest version).
>>>
>>> I attach here two screenshots about import data. First of all you can
>>> see I
>>> can choose the file. When I get next I only get the next screenshot and
>>> can't see anything more.
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> Regarding add files... I want to join 2 files with the same variables. 2
>>> similar Datasets. I write in sintaxis windows the sentence " add files
>>> /file='Proteinuria.sav' /file='DataSet1.sav' " as you see below. But it
>>> doesn't work and there is an error (another screenshot, in Spanish saying
>>> there is no file I want).
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> All these options work properly at work with GNU pspp 1.2.0-g0fb4db
>>> version. But I said I trtied many versions at home.
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>>
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>>> El jue., 13 ago. 2020 a las 21:34, Alan Mead (<amead2@alanmead.org>)
>>> escribió:
>>>
>>> > Domingo,
>>> >
>>> > Sounds frustrating and I'm sorry to hear that.
>>> >
>>> > You said that you cannot install it, but then you say that it's not
>>> > working right, so I'm guessing that you can install it, that it
>>> starts, but
>>> > that it doesn't function properly. Is that correct?
>>> >
>>> > And it functions correctly at work, but not at home? And your home
>>> > computer is Windows 10 64-bit?
>>> >
>>> > Which file did you install? If it's installed and you cannot recall,
>>> start
>>> > PSPP, choose Help, then About and the version appears in the middle of
>>> the
>>> > dialog. For example, I'm running "GNU pspp 1.3.0-g937088". I've had
>>> trouble
>>> > recently where the 64-bit PSPP didn't work on my 64-bit Windows
>>> machine,
>>> > but we decided that was because it wasn't Windows 10 and that doesn't
>>> seem
>>> > to be an issue for you.
>>> >
>>> > You shouldn't have to install anything other than pspp.
>>> >
>>> > About the data import, you click buttons like "Next" to move through
>>> the
>>> > import wizard (see screenshot). Are they not visible?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > And regarding the error when adding files, what does "adding files"
>>> mean
>>> > exactly? And what is the exact error you get?
>>> >
>>> > -Alan
>>> >
>>> > On 8/13/2020 1:32 PM, Domingo J Rubira López wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hello everybody, could anyone help me?
>>> >
>>> > I am trying to install pspp on my personal computer (to work at home).
>>> I
>>> > have Windows 10 Home system (64 bits) and I tried the most exe files
>>> inhttp://pspp.awardspace.info/ andhttps://
>>> sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows/
>>> >
>>> > I don't really know why, but it doesn't work properly. I can't import
>>> data.
>>> > It always stays in the first step, choosing the file, it never
>>> continues to
>>> > select if all cases or only the first ones. I can´t add files either.
>>> It
>>> > says there is an error with the file. But at work I got it, so it is a
>>> > problem from my pc or my pspp version.
>>> >
>>> > Where can I get a pspp software to work properly? Must I install
>>> anything
>>> > before?
>>> >
>>> > Thank you
>>> >
>>> > Domingo
>>> >
>>> >
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