Official portable version

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 08:59
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Hello!

Please make portable version of Bleachbit for all platforms.

Thank you!

andrew

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 12:02

You mean for Linux? You already can. Just download and run the source code. Because there is no complication, the source code is the same as the portable version.

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Andrew, lead developer

Anonymous (not verified)

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 14:58

Hmm okey thank you :) . I did it.

I need to ask you if this is possible for other open-source softwares for Linux?

andrew

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 20:49

Usually no. Most software is compiled, so you cannot simply run it from source. For example, Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and VLC are compiled from C or C++ into a binary before they can be executed. I know from personal experience that compiling OpenOffice.org can be a challenging project. On the other hand, it is possible to have portable, open source software on Linux... I've run Firefox and OpenOffice.org portable on Linux---this is how Mozilla distributes the beta for Firefox on Linux.

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Andrew, lead developer

Anonymous (not verified)

Thu, 09/22/2011 - 23:48

Thank you!