Portable apps

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by firefox2008, Nov 28, 2012.

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  1. firefox2008

    firefox2008 Registered Member

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    How come there isn't a really easy way to use portable apps for Linux? With Windows I can stick them on a USB flash drive.
     
    firefox2008, Nov 28, 2012
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  2. Wild Hunter

    Wild Hunter Former Poster

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    This is a rampant disadvantage of "Linux". Worst than all, the cheerleaders will surely come to this thread with trolling talk about live distros, as if live distros and portable apps were the same thing - they aren't.
     
    Wild Hunter, Nov 28, 2012
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  3. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    The simple reason is, apps aren't statically compiled.
    You can do that - they will increase in size.
    And then you will end up with Windows size installs and such.

    You can create portable apps easily:

    ldd <binary>
    Copy all listed shared libs + binary to some folder.
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=some folder.
    Run binary from said folder.
    Portable.

    Mrk
     
    Mrkvonic, Nov 28, 2012
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