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On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:25:28 +0100 (CET)
karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:

> I'm doing some pcb-rnd/pcb <-> pcbnew file conversion
> test.
> 
> Is there anyone here who knows how to run kicad v4.0.7
> and v5.1.0 side by side so I can test and compare ?
> 
> Currently I build and istalled kicad, footprints,
> libraries and the 3dthings in:
>  /usr/local/kicad_4.0.7/
>  /usr/local/kicad_5.1.0/
> and I can start them as /usr/local/kicad_xxx/bin/pcbnew,
> but they are using the same config files in
> ~/.config/kicad/.
> 

I would try to create two separate folders to be used as
home directories for each kicad instance, then launch it
with $HOME environment variable set to point to
appropriate directory. Hopefully, kicad will
use /.config/kicad/ subdirectories from these "homes". E.g.:

$ mkdir /tmp/kicad4home /tmp/kicad5home
$ HOME=/tmp/kicad4home /usr/local/kicad_407/bin/pcbnew
$ HOME=/tmp/kicad5home /usr/local/kicad_510/bin/pcbnew

regards,
Dmitry.