Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ?

Hi :)
Windows and Gnu&Linux can share the same config folder but you might need 2 versions of the 
extensions you use.  You can keep both versions in the same folder as each other.  

It is better to set-up the Windows side first and then get the Gnu&Linux side to look at the 
Windows config folder as the Windows side might have extra settings that are not needed in 
Gnu&Linux.  Also Windows is blind to Gnu&Linux file-systems whereas Gnu&Linux can easily read/write 
Ntfs and Fat32, Fat16 and the rest.  

I don't think it makes any difference after install but with Gnu&Linux there are at least 2 
different installers; Rpm & Deb.  It's the same source-code.  Like the difference between taking 
your shopping home by car or bike it's all the same once it's on your shelves.  I'm not 100% 
certain about this tho.  

One note about splitting usb-sticks into 2 partitions. The Windows one (Ntfs or whatever) needs to 
be 1st on the stick and needs to be created 1st.  If Windows can't find one of it's own partitions 
at the front of the drive then it assumes the drive is unformatted or corrupted.  On normal 
ide/sata drives and internal SSDs it seems to be ok.  

Anyway i think this thread was mostly about the various Windows platforms.  
Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Fri, 9/9/11, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

From: Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de>
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Can Libre Office be installed on an external drive. ?
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Friday, 9 September, 2011, 7:10

Am 05.09.2011 02:41, Charles E. LaMonte wrote:
> Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen, Is it possible to install Libre Office on an
> external hard drive ? The computer will have either Windows Operating System or
> Linux Operating System. Thank you.

If you really want to be prepared for Linux desktops with neither OOo nor LibreOffice and for 
Windows desktops as well, then you should divide your disk in 2 partitions with one file system for 
WIndows and another file system for Linux, install 
http://portableapps.com/de/apps/office/libreoffice_portable on the Windows file system and copy the 
LibreOffice folder from your Linux installation to the Linux file system.
Adjust bootstraprc according to Regina's suggestion and make sure that the user profile is world 
writable. For the program files read-access is sufficient.
Not sure if and how both programs may even share the same user profile. Once upon a time I managed 
to do this with Thunderbird 1.x.
Anyway, with such a disk the respective operating system can mount the respective file system and 
launch your own copy of LibreOffice if the host system allows for execution from plugged block 
devices.


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