I contacted GOG support and was given a link to download the previous patch.
I was also advised that this was normally not done, so thanks for that GOG.
baal_666
"I have a question regarding the linux version:
Is the installer package capable of updating a previous installation? I didn't try this and just removed 1.02 and ran the new installer afterwards. Do I have to remove the old version beforehand?"
Some programs will remove any previous version, don't know of any that will just update unless your using a patch.
In your case of reinstalling the game with the latest version [2.2.0.5exe] I believe you did the right thing
by uninstalling the previous version before installing the new exe. Better safe than sorry.
cheers
anonme
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After applying both patches the game startup crashed with the same runtime error as I experienced with the day 1 version. The same fix also worked for me, removed the galaxy dll.
Post edited September 11, 2015 by anonme