Expansion Manager - installed but no longer available

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Expansion Manager - installed but no longer available

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Can you tell me a little more about oxps that are blue and labelled 'installed but no longer available for download'?

The expansion manager shows several where I have installed an earlier version, there is a later version that is very recent, but 'no longer available'

e.g. I have version 6.59 of Fer-de-Lance-3G installed and it was updated to 6.6 on 2021-12-30, but is no longer available...

Should I remove the installed version because of some conflict?
Would the new version then become available?
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The problem is, that version 6.59 is bigger than 6.6. The intention was probably to have a version 6.5.9 but the way it is, the expansion manager thinks that you have a later version (version 59) installed than the one that is available online (version 6).

So yes, you should first remove the installed version, and then install the new one.
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Re: Expansion Manager - installed but no longer available

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tsoj wrote: Mon Jan 03, 2022 7:21 pm
The problem is, that version 6.59 is bigger than 6.6. The intention was probably to have a version 6.5.9 but the way it is, the expansion manager thinks that you have a later version (version 59) installed than the one that is available online (version 6).

So yes, you should first remove the installed version, and then install the new one.
Again I believe we should shed some light on the OXZ release/registration in Expansion Manager process. Some little tweaks could actually prevent such situations.
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Re: Expansion Manager - installed but no longer available

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NChw wrote: Fri Oct 15, 2021 8:03 am
Hi to everyone,

I am new to this forum, but was an account holder on a previous bulletin board.

I played Elite on a BBC-B and then later on a IBM compatible :P windows PC.

After many years, I played a lot of X and X2, but my hardware was not up to standard to get onto X3 and beyond.

I discovered Oolite when running LinuxMint as my main OS, and have been playing it for years. I am back onto windows (because of work) on a much better machine now.

I continue to be impressed with the game and the superb OXP/OXZ additions.

A big thank you to everyone involved.
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