wrong q.k version - m32 release

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Hi,I just downloaded the newest release of KDB for OS X (32 bit) from thekx.com site. After starting q, it gives the error message:"KDB+ 2.6 2010.02.17 Copyright (C) 1993-2010 Kx Systemsm32/ 2()core 4096MB andras .. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx PLAY 2010.05.18’wrong q.k version"and dies instantly.Does anyone know why this happens? Note that KDB+ prints "2010.05.18"after “PLAY”, maybe this is the problem? (The former version I usedsaid: "KDB+ 2.5 2009.05.29 Copyright (C) 1993-2009 Kx Systemsm32/ 2()core 4096MB andras andrasbme.wigner.bme.hu 152.66.226.174 PLAY2009.08.27 "and worked perfectly.Thanks,Andras

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yes, it is because each release contains 2 matching files

q and q.k

your new installation is picking up the old q.k, not the new one.

if you install to

$HOME/q/q.k

$HOME/q/m32/q

then running

$HOME/q/m32/q

should work fine. If you choose to install to a different location you should set the QHOME environment variable

export QHOME=/pathtodircontainingq.k

the q binary will then look to load q.k from $QHOME