I think the OP was interested in using GC with Fedora. PortableApps.com appears to be Windows only.
For Linux portability, something like a Snap might be the ticket which would solve the dependency linking problem. I’m not sure if there are any plans to package GC as a snap. Regards, Adrien > On Jul 17, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very cool! I didn't know of portableapps.com, but here's the English entry > for GnuCash. Looks like it's based on the latest version too. > > https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable > > Kind regards, > > Greg Feneis > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:42 PM, Christoph R < > subscriptions+lis...@rohland.net> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> even if you gave up on the topic I would like to point you to: >> https://portableapps.com/de/apps/office/gnucash_portable < >> https://portableapps.com/de/apps/office/gnucash_portable>. >> >> I did not use it for a while but it worked for me nicely with an older >> version. >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >>> Am 15.07.2017 um 21:31 schrieb John Wright <minimudd...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> David, >>> >>> I have pretty much given up on that idea, as you said its a very complex >> approach, and to be honest, probably not worth the time for the benefit. I >> saw the space used on the hard drive, and yes I do have enough space for >> that, so I think I will store the data on the flash drive and run the app >> from the hard drive. As you said, that's a pretty trivial thing to do and >> won't take a lot of time. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> On 07/15/2017 12:19 AM, David T. wrote: >>>> John, >>>> >>>> I seem to have misunderstood. I thought you said you were only trying >> to store the data file on the flash drive; this sounds like you are trying >> to store the entire application there. >>>> >>>> Storing the data file is trivial, but trying to load the entire >> application is another story. Since I am not a Linux guy, I will defer to >> the comments made here by the others about the difficulties of running an >> application from removable storage. >>>> >>>> Gnucash on my mac takes a total of about 175Mb of space. Surely that >> could fit in the limited space available to you? If that is still a >> stretch, you can probably delete some of the different language help files; >> the Japanese docs especially eat up a lot of space. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 1:08, John Wright >>>> <minimudd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> David, >>>> >>>> Yes, in fact I have gotten the error several times. My first >>>> attempt at running gnucash from a flash drive went this way. >> Installed it on the hard drive, then moved all the gnucash files >>>> (except libs) to flash drive, added a .desktop file to >>>> user/share/applications. That worked ok, but I couldn't find the >>>> icon, and all the lib files were still on the hard drive. >>>> >>>> The reason I want to do this is that the laptop I just purchased >>>> has a 15GB m-stat sshd. So I really don't have a lot of room to >>>> play with. Sort of a throwback to the days when everything we ran >>>> was stored on floppy drives and either a very small hard drive or >>>> no hard drive at all. Of course that was way before the internet. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>>> >>>> On 07/14/2017 01:20 PM, David wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I guess it's lucky that John only wants to load his data from the >>>>> flash drive, then. >>>>> >>>>> John, be aware that GnuCash always tries to load the last file it >>>>> had open; if the folder isn't available when you fire it up, you >>>>> will receive an error. Just be sure the USB stick is inserted and >>>>> mounted before you start GC, and you should be fine. >>>>> >>>>> David >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >>>>> *From:* David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >>>>> <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com> >>>>> *Sent:* Fri Jul 14 22:00:33 GMT+05:00 2017 >>>>> *To:* Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> >>>>> <mailto:hel...@deepsoft.com> >>>>> *Cc:* "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>, John Wright >>>>> <minimudd...@gmail.com> <mailto:minimudd...@gmail.com> >>>>> *Subject:* Re: Flash Drive >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps this is not sensible, but I once experimented with >> installing >>>>> Gnucash on a USB key configured as a Tails OS with persistent >> storage. >>>>> That is based on Debian Linux. It worked, but it was somewhat >> clumsy. The >>>>> nice thing is that all the data is completely encrypted and >> insulated from >>>>> intruders, "sandboxed" if you will. >>>>> >>>>> David C >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Robert Heller<hel...@deepsoft.com> >> <mailto:hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> At Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:39:17 +0100 Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On this list you have to use Reply All to reply otherwise the >> message >>>>>>> just goes to the previous user (as this did). Forwarding this >> to the >>>>>>> list for information. Also see reply below. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 14 July 2017 at 12:31, John Wright <minimudd...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:minimudd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> Colin, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sorry for the confusion. I what to just run gnucash from the >> flash >>>>>> drive. >>>>>>>> Fedora will be installed on the pc and gnucash as well as all >> the >>>>>> gnucash >>>>>>>> data will be on the flash drive. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To be pedantic you don't want to run gnucash from the flash >> drive, you >>>>>>> want to run gnucash from the HDD and write and read the >> accounts file >>>>>>> to the removable drive, which should be no problem. Gnucash >> does not >>>>>>> care where you save to and read from. If you want saved reports >> to be >>>>>>> on the drive there may be a little more work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Most (all?) sensibly setup and configured Linux systems will >> refuse to >>>>>> *run* >>>>>> programs on removable media, since that is a massive security >> risk. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, gnucash is generally dynamicaly linked and depends on >> various >>>>>> [shared] >>>>>> libraries that would need to be installed in system places (eg >>>>>> /usr/lib[64]/) >>>>>> from various dependent packages. So it is unlikely that putting >> *just* the >>>>>> gnucash exe file on the flash drive will work. Gnucash itself >> expects to >>>>>> find >>>>>> stuff in /usr/share/gnucash, which won't be on the flash drive. >> And also >>>>>> has >>>>>> its own pile of .so files in /usr/lib[64]/ that it will need to >> access. >>>>>> And >>>>>> it is likely that gnucash built for, say Ubuntu, may not run *as >> is* under >>>>>> fedora, becase of different library versions (and whatnot). You >> really >>>>>> need >>>>>> to just install the fedora build of gnucash on the fedora (there >> most >>>>>> likely >>>>>> is a gnucash-<mumble>.rpm out there somewhere, probably in the >> fedora >>>>>> repository, so a 'sudo yum install gnucash' will do everything >> needful.) >>>>>> >>>>>> But otherwise, having the *data* files on the thumb drive is a >> perfectly >>>>>> sensible thing to do. And is possible fairly secure as well. >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Colin >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 07/14/2017 06:04 AM, Colin Law wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 14 July 2017 at 03:12, ov10fac <ov10...@cox.net> <mailto: >> ov10...@cox.net> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know if gnucash can be run from a flash drive >> using >>>>>> fedora? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Do you mean you want the program on a flash drive or the >> data file? If >>>>>>>>> you want the data file on the flash drive with gnucash >> installed in >>>>>>>>> fedora on the PC then that is no problem. If you want to >> install the >>>>>>>>> program itself onto the flashdrive, with Fedora on the PC, >> then that >>>>>>>>> is more problematic. Or do you mean you want to run Fedora >> itself and >>>>>>>>> gnucash from the flash drive? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Colin >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- >>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You >>>>> can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > -- > >>>>> Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > Deepwoods Software -- Custom >>>>> Software Services > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux >>>>> Administration Services > hel...@deepsoft.com >>>>> <mailto:hel...@deepsoft.com> -- Webhosting Services > > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > >>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do >>>>> this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------------ >>>>> gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- >>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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