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Bug 103856

Summary: Provide a usb, clean jar like instalation
Product: platform Reporter: paulolevi <paulolevi>
Component: -- Other --Assignee: issues@platform <issues>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P3    
Version: 5.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description paulolevi 2007-05-12 20:15:06 UTC 
I move around a lot in operating sistems in networks where i don't have root
acess, and that auto reinstall the OS ocasionally.

I'd like to have a install of netbeans in a pen, that i could just copy over to
a directory, or run directly that would keep my settings.
I don't know how feasible this is, but it would be a good thing to have a
contained dir, i could move around where netbeans was installed, and that could
also be run in a OS independent manner.

Anyway another thing that normally causes problems with this moving around, is
the dependencies in projects. I already keep my projects in a pen, but when ever
 i open it in another OS the dependencies get lost.

PS: java really should have a icon system for jars...HINT
Comment 1 dlipin 2007-06-05 10:45:07 UTC 
It is more the core enchancement than the installer one.
The netbeans userdir support does not lie on the installer`s shoulders as  well 
as the projects` relative paths.