[Gvsig_english] gvSIG 2 portable?

[Agustin Diez Castillo]

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El May 20, 2008, a las 9:10 AM, Jorge Sanz escribió:

>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: gvsig_internacional-bounces at runas.cap.gva.es [mailto:gvsig_internacional-
>> bounces at runas.cap.gva.es] En nombre de silvio grosso
>> Enviado el: lunes, 19 de mayo de 2008 20:55
>> Para: gvsig_internacional at runas.cap.gva.es
>> Asunto: [Gvsig_english] gvSIG 2 portable?
>>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I would like to know whether or not a gvSIG 2 portable version for  
>> Windows is
>> planned to be released in some time in the future?
>>
>> At present, I am aware my question is a little bit early because  
>> gvSIG 2 beta is
>> supposed to
>> be released at the end of June.
>> Probably, at the moment, nobody knows precisely when a stable  
>> version will be
>> ready...
>>
>> In Italy, in our Public Organization we are happily using gvSIG 1.1  
>> portable (we
>> have "installed" it in 5 laboratories).
>> This version, released at the 3rd conference in Valencia in  
>> November, is very
>> great (we are really happpy about it).
>>
>> In my opionion it will be really important to have a portable  
>> version for gvSIG 2
>> as well.
>> The best would be to have Sextante included in tha package  
>> (together with the
>> other extensions, e.g the 3-D pilot extension).
>>
>> A portable version will be helpful for at least 4 reasons:
>> 1) In many Public Organizations it is not possible to install any  
>> software
>> without the Administrator authorisation (and this is not an easy  
>> thing to get in
>> Italy!).
>> Sometimes, the Administrator is very strict when he doesn't know  
>> the software.
>> When the authorisation is denied a portable version will do no harm.
>> 2) Most important softwares have a portable version (such as  
>> OpenOffice, Firefox,
>> Thunderbird, Qgis, Inkscape, Scribus, Gimp and many others).
>> 3) When you want to teach gvSIG to some friends or colleagues, in  
>> most cases, it
>> is better not to install any software in a computer that is isn't  
>> yours  in order
>> to avoid damages :-)
>> 4) As far as I know, ArcGis hasn't got any portable version. As a  
>> consequence,
>> this would be a Must for gvSIG :-)
>>
>> Keep up the wonderful work.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Silvio
>
> Hi Silvio, thank you for your comments
>
> I'm pretty sure gvSIG 2 will be "portable" as well because creating  
> a portable version of gvSIG is really easy. You just need to create  
> a proper folder structure and put everything (Java Runtime, gvSIG,  
> running scripts) in its place.
>
> It's also possible to update a portable version of gvSIG (I think  
> the 3rd meeting USB had gvSIG 1.1.1) to put 1.1.2, SEXTANTE and so  
> on. You just need to select the JRE and the gvSIG USB folders when  
> you run the installer and that's all.
>
> At least for linux and windows versions because the Mac apps  
> esoteric folder structure is so depth that I wasn't able to unzip it  
> on the USB (!!).
Mija did a shortcut [1] to find the correct folder in a Mac. Maybe it  
makes no sense but jre is universal in Mac, I mean is everywhere. All  
JDK versions are at
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
so users should have not problems using a backwards version [2].
[1] http://runas.cap.gva.es/pipermail/gvsig_internacional/2008-February/001373.html
[2] http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060121171126988
>
>
> Cheers
> --
> Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
> Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía
> Prodevelop S.L. - Valencia - España
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