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howto:desktop:install-zim-0-70-or-later-in-windows [2019-07-17 01:19]
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 ====== Install Zim Desktop Wiki 0.70 or Later in Windows ====== ====== Install Zim Desktop Wiki 0.70 or Later in Windows ======
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 As of the time I'm writing this howto, there is no complete self-installing package of Zim Desktop Wiki 0.70 or later, for Windows. This is due to the Zim project migrating from Python 2 to Python 3 and from GTK 2 to GTK 3. I was the maintainer of the old Zim packages for Windows, and I have not been able to come up with a packaging workflow that works for GTK 3. As of the time I'm writing this howto, there is no complete self-installing package of Zim Desktop Wiki 0.70 or later, for Windows. This is due to the Zim project migrating from Python 2 to Python 3 and from GTK 2 to GTK 3. I was the maintainer of the old Zim packages for Windows, and I have not been able to come up with a packaging workflow that works for GTK 3.
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 **Caution: You will need approximately 1GB of disk space** to store the MSYS2 environment and all of Zim's dependencies, and a further 8MB for Zim itself. (This figure is for 64-bit Windows systems. 32-bit installations may use a little less for MSYS2 and Zim's dependencies.) **Caution: You will need approximately 1GB of disk space** to store the MSYS2 environment and all of Zim's dependencies, and a further 8MB for Zim itself. (This figure is for 64-bit Windows systems. 32-bit installations may use a little less for MSYS2 and Zim's dependencies.)
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 +===== 0. Upgrading From a Previous Version =====
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 +**Are you upgrading from a version before 0.69?** You should uninstall Zim completely using the appropriate item in your Add / Remove Programs screen or by deleting application folder -- depending on how you installed it originally.
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 +**Are you upgrading from version 0.70 or later?** If you have already installed 0.70 or later using the procedure in **this howto document**, you just need to repeat step 4 below; you can skip the other steps.
  
 ===== 1. Install MSYS2 ===== ===== 1. Install MSYS2 =====
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 +**Zim should be ready to use now!**
  
 ===== 6. Installing Dependencies of Zim Plugins ===== ===== 6. Installing Dependencies of Zim Plugins =====
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 After Pacman is done installing the package, you can close Preferences in Zim and re-open Preferences. Navigate to the plugin you were trying to use, and it should now say that the Dependencies are satisfied. After Pacman is done installing the package, you can close Preferences in Zim and re-open Preferences. Navigate to the plugin you were trying to use, and it should now say that the Dependencies are satisfied.
  
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 Now you are ready to use the plugin. Now you are ready to use the plugin.