Install in Windows 10 Issue

[jlhtexas]

when I try to install in either 32 or 64 bit versions, inkscape refuses to install.  It gives me a popup stating "Another installation is in progress"  it says I have to complete that installation before I can continue.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong and how to help me.

Thanks

[brynn]

Welcome!

I'm not sure if that means Inkscape is being installed already, or some other program is being installed.  Here's what I would do:

1 -  Wait until the next time you start the computer.  Then whatever was being installed should be finished.
2 - Check to make sure Inkscape isn't installed, in case that was the source of the message.
3 - Delete all the installation files you might have already downloaded.
4 - Download a fresh installation file.  (If it's a laptop,  you can use either 32- or 64-bit.  If it's a desktop, you can only use 32-bit.))
5 - Try again to install.

If you're getting the message after you've allowed plenty of time for whatever other program might have been in progress, then it's probably something wrong with the computer.  Note that some large programs might take 15 to 20 minutes to install - sometimes maybe more (although that's mostly from memories of Win95 or WinXP).

Let us know if you get any other kind of messages, or whatever happens.  Good luck 

[Moini]

@Brynn: If it's a desktop, which version to use depends upon the operating system and processor in the computer, just like it does on a laptop, or any computer. On most modern systems (which are usually 64bit systems), 64bit is what will fit best, at least if one has more than 4 GB of RAM.

[brynn]

Do you mean that desktop computers now come with multiple cores?

[Moini]

Mine has eight ;-)

The number of cores is independent of the architecture. They are two entirely different things.
There are 32bit and 64bit CPUs (and others), which is just their architecture, how they work.

Most have more than one core nowadays, which is how many of them are in the CPU.

It's difficult to buy a 32bit CPU, if you really want one, or a one core CPU, at least when you want to buy a full computer (in contrast to a tablet computer, which may still use a 32bit ARM CPU, when you buy it now).

[brynn]

Oh, well maybe I didn't understand correctly.  But when I got my first laptop, they told me the laptop used a 64-bit os because it has 2 cores, and the desktop only had one core, and that's why it was 32 bit.  And they explained that's why you can run a 32-bit program on a 64-bit computer, but you can't run a 64-bit program on a 32-bit system, because it doesn't have enough cores.

[Moini]

Yes, they appear to have told you quite a lot of rubbish
What's correct is that 64bit operating systems will not run on 32bit CPUs, but 32bit operating systems can run on 64bit CPUs. Only the reason they gave is utter nonsense.

[brynn]

Ok, thanks