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Jan 8, 2008, 10:28:50 AM (16 years ago)
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FND
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Running Windows Pidgin From a USB Drive (Portable Mode) -- clarification
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| 322 | 322 | === Running Windows Pidgin From a USB Drive (Portable Mode) === |
| 323 | | It is relatively easy to set up Pidgin to run from a USB drive. Most of Pidgin is very good about not assuming that it is installed; a slightly customized launcher makes it all come together nicely.[[BR]] |
| | 323 | It is relatively easy to set up Pidgin to run from a USB drive. Most of Pidgin is very good about not assuming that it is installed; a slightly customized launcher makes it all come together nicely. |
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| 324 | 325 | '''N.B.:''' With the setup described in this guide, other GTK+ applications can use the same GTK+ runtime. |
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| 332 | 333 | * `portable\GTK` |
| 333 | 334 | * `portable\Pidgin` |
| 334 | | * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`[''version'']`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-`[''version'']`-rev-a-installer.tar.gz`) from SourceForge |
| | 335 | * '''download''' the zipped binaries of [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=230234 Pidgin] (`pidgin-`<''version''>`-win32-bin.zip`) and [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=235&package_id=119698 GTK+] (`gtk-`<''version''>`-rev-a-installer.tar.gz`) from SourceForge |
| 335 | 336 | * '''extract''' these archives to `extracted\GTK` and `extracted\Pidgin`, respectively |
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| 350 | 351 | '''''GTK+''''' |
| 351 | 352 | * copy (or move) everything ''except'' the following files and folders to `portable\GTK`: |
| 352 | | * `share` |
| 353 | | * `COPYING.LIB-2` |
| | 353 | * `extracted\GTK\share` |
| | 354 | * `extracted\GTK\COPYING.LIB-2` |
| 354 | 355 | * '''language''' |
| 355 | 356 | * if you do ''not'' want to use a language other than American English (`en_US`), delete the entire `portable\GTK\lib\locale` folder |
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| 357 | 358 | * '''theme''' |
| 358 | 359 | * choose any GTK+ theme from `share\themes` (usually `MS-Windows`) |
| 359 | | * copy the theme's `gtkrc` file from `extracted\GTK\share\themes\`[''theme'']`\gtk-2.0` to `portable\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file |
| | 360 | * copy the theme's `gtkrc` file from `extracted\GTK\share\themes\`<''theme''>`\gtk-2.0` to `portable\GTK\etc\gtk-2.0`, replacing the existing file |
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| 361 | 362 | '''''ASpell''''' |
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