I need to install Deadline 6 to start testing it for integration into our pipeline. We already have 5.2 running. I installed the repository for 6 on a new server but I want to have the Deadline client for 5 and 6 installed on my workstation at the same time. Is this possible? Do I have to do anything special to install both?
You should be able to theoretically have both of them side-by-side. We’ve changed the settings folder structure to include the major version, so local settings won’t clobber each other anymore.
The only place where you might run into trouble still is with the integrated submitters. I know we changed the Mac/Linux ones to check for an environment variable to find the 6 install (5 relied on it being in the path), so that’s probably OK. I can’t remember whether or not the Windows ones work like that now or not.