<div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for your hints, Matt.</div><div><br></div><div>I presume the alternative solution you pointed does not apply to FWTools itsef (install on host, and then copy the program tree to pen). </div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>My best regards<br clear="all">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/9/20 Matt Wilkie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt.wilkie@gov.yk.ca" target="_blank">matt.wilkie@gov.yk.ca</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi Pedro,<br>
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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.<br>
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Essentially just install as normal, using Advanced install and
selecting only the <i>gdal-python</i> package (a shortcut which
will grab all the dependencies also). When that is done simply
copy the C:\OSGeo4W tree to [usbdrive]:\OSGeo4W.<br>
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To use it on other systems just run X:\OSGeo4W\Osgeo4w.bat.<br>
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The host footprint is: <br>
- Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts to Osgeo4w.bat<br>
- possibly, some updated dll's in Windows\System32 or other PATH
directories<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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[1] <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-msvcrt" target="_blank">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/pkg-msvcrt</a><br>
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cheers,<br>
<br>
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On 18-Sep-2012 6:59 AM, Pedro Machado Monteiro wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello:</p>
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<div>Can I install and use FWTools (for Windows) as portable, in
a pen drive ? How ?</div>
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<div>Thank you very much</div>
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<div>Best regards<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
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