Updating from older versions of Activity Browser

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Versions below 2.10.0

Since version 2.10.0, we have stopped supporting python version 3.8 and 3.9.

You can check which version of python your environment is using with: conda activate ab and then conda list python. If your python version is 3.10 or higher, you can update your Activity Browser like normal. If your python version is 3.8 or 3.9, you need to re-install your environment following the instructions below:

Note

Don't worry about your projects and databases, that is stored safely and will still be available after following this guide.

1. Make sure you are in your base channel (so you have not done conda activate ab) with:
   conda deactivate

2. You now need to re-create the environment with:
   conda create -n ab -c conda-forge --solver libmamba activity-browser (of course, you can use something different from ab if you wish). This will completely re-create your environment, and warn you if you want to over-write the old environment, just confirm.

Now you can use AB as normal again with conda activate ab and activity-browser

When you install updates again, you can follow the normal update instructions:
conda update activity-browser

Versions below 2.7.5 or dev 2022.xx.xx

Ever since version 2.7.5 (or dev 2022.xx.xx), we have moved on from the development and stable versions to just one version, and now publish that through conda-forge.

If you have activity-browser 2.7.5 (or dev 2022.xx.xx) or older, you have to make some changes to your conda configuration to update to our newest version.

Note

Don't worry about your projects and databases, that is stored safely and will still be available after following this guide.

1. Make sure you are in your base channel (so you have not done conda activate ab) with:
   conda deactivate

2. You now need to review your available channels:
   conda config --show channels

3. Then, remove the channels bsteubing, haasad, cmutel and pascallesage if the are present in the list with:
   conda config --remove channels bsteubing for each channel

Tip

If you use arrow up, you re-enter the last command in your terminal, and only need to change the name of the channel.

4. Now, you can re-create activity-browser environment, and it should install from the correct channel (conda-forge):
   conda create -n ab -c conda-forge --solver libmamba activity-browser (of course, you can use something different from ab if you wish)
   This will completely re-create your environment, and warn you if you want to over-write the old environment, just confirm.

Now you can use AB as normal again with conda activate ab and activity-browser

When you install updates again, you can follow the normal update instructions:
conda update activity-browser