[FWTools] FWTools portable

[Pedro Machado Monteiro]

Thank you very much for your hints, Matt.

I presume the alternative solution you pointed does not apply to FWTools
itsef (install on host, and then copy the program tree to pen).

As an end user, perhaps I will try Portable Gis (it includes FWTools and
other programs as well); the doubt is about what traces or problems it
might leave on hosts.

My best regards

Pedro Monteiro













2012/9/20 Matt Wilkie <matt.wilkie at gov.yk.ca>

>  Hi Pedro,
>
> A barebones Osgeo4W[1] install, meaning just the command line utilities,
> is portable out of the box, though the initial setup does leave a foot
> print on the host. Osgeo4w is FWTools successor.
>
> Essentially just install as normal, using Advanced install and selecting
> only the *gdal-python* package (a shortcut which will grab all the
> dependencies also). When that is done simply copy the C:\OSGeo4W tree to
> [usbdrive]:\OSGeo4W.
>
> To use it on other systems just run X:\OSGeo4W\Osgeo4w.bat.
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> The host footprint is:
>   - Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts to Osgeo4w.bat
>   - possibly, some updated dll's in Windows\System32 or other PATH
> directories
>
> The host dll's which might be touched are found in the msvcrt package[2].
> This is generally harmless as they are standard files installed by many
> many programs. Osgeo4w only updates the system dll's if they are a) already
> present, and b) older. Otherwise they all go X:\Osgeo4w\bin\*.dll.
>
> Many of the other o4w programs are portable too, though their relevant
> startup batch files might need some tweaking. Use OSGeo4W.bat and
> bin\o4w_env.bat as examples -- speaking of which, you may be able to use
> them as examples to make your already existing FWTools install portable.
>
> [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
> [2] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-msvcrt
>
> cheers,
>
> matt wilkie
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> Information Management and Technology
> Yukon Department of Environment
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> On 18-Sep-2012 6:59 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro wrote:
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> Hello:
>  Can I install and use FWTools (for Windows) as portable, in a pen drive
> ? How ?
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>  Thank you very much
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>  Best regards
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> Pedro Monteiro
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