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Portable applications are applications that can be installed to and used from a portable storage like an USB flash drive.

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Is there an easy way to put my entire installation of Intellij on a USB stick?

I'm considering switching from Eclipse to Intellij. One thing I like about Eclipse is that the whole installation is just a folder, and I can put that on a USB stick and copy it to another computer if I want. All of my plugins, settings, and…
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How can I have a portable Emacs?

Is there a way run Emacs from a USB drive? I am a Windows user and I would like to be able use it on any PC without an Emacs install.
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Making Vim portable

I am learning to use Vim and I want to have a portable version on my USB to edit my code here everywhere. I knew there are a portable version of Vim, but while i was searching for that version I found here an interesting comment: I wouldn’t…
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Free portable database

Hi I am developing desktop portable free application and I`m looking for portable database: free without install up to 20K records standalone application supports encryption (optional) SQL92 spec thanks for advice can you write some advantages and…
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How to get the original path of a portable Electron app?

I have an Portable Electron App (packed with: electron-builder + asar, portable build) on Windows. I try to get the application path but it returns a path within the user\temp folder rather than the actual '.exe' file Is there any way to get the…
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Fix msysGit Portable $HOME location

I have successfully installed and configured msysGit Portable on my flash drive, and have used it to pull and push GitHub repos. However, I seem to always have to kludge the SSH support. Specifically, in order for SSH to find my key files, I have to…
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Is there a portable Perl?

Is there a portable Perl along the lines of portable Python? Something I could use (while learning the stuff) from my thumb drive? Oh, and I'm talking about Window XP.
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Can I use git without installing?

I have heard good things about git and I would like to try it out before installing it. This would also be great to put it on a flash drive if I wanted to use git at school. Is it possible to use the full path like /path/to/git init? I primarily use…
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aws-cli portable for windows?

this is probably not a big issue for most people but do you know if there is anywhere a portable version for windows of aws-cli. This because some people might want to install it for example in company laptops and not have admin rights to do it so I…
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Are there any USB stick runnable, no-install, cross platform software frameworks (with GUI)?

Does anyone know of a good software development framework or similar that has the following properties? Cross platform: it should be runnable on XP, Vista, OSX and common versions of Linux (such as Ubuntu and Kubuntu). No installation: Be able to…
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python on usb stick

Is there any free and open-source option to run python from an usb-stick on Windows system (i.e. python installed on an usb-stick ) and can run on any Windows system just by pluging-in the usb-stick?
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Portable Programming IDE

Frequently I'm brainstormed with programming ideas that I would like to directly code. More or less like "Wow, that algorithm will rock! I need to write it now!". For this kind of "impulse" to write, I use http://www.jarte.com/ that is a cool…
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Portable scripting language for a multi-server admin?

Please Note: Portable as in portableapps.com, not in the traditional sense of a language that can be used on multiple architectures or operating systems. Whoever coined this usage of the word portable should be whacked. :) I'm a DBA and sysadmin,…
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opening IReport getting error message - "Cannot find java exe."

My report works fine in my computer but When Opening an IReport File in Java on another computer, I keep getting error message - "Cannot find java exe." or "Neither (null)\\jre\\bin\\java.exe nor (null)\\vin\\java.exe exists" I am Using IReport…
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Deploy R script in a portable usb form

I have an R script which I want to deploy so that it's idiot-proof, one click runs it etc. Unfortunately I don't have the means to pay for a server, and the environment in which it needs to run does not allow the installation of new software, only…
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