Portable CodeLite + MinGW + wxWidgets (Windows)

[eranif]

Using trunk version of codelite (or any build > 3984), you can make a *fully* portable version codelite (including MinGW/wxWidgets)

How to achieve that?

First install codelite with the wxWidgets + MinGW package (or you can choose to install only MinGW or without MinGW)

Make sure that you install MinGW and / or wxWidgets under the same directory that you have selected for codelite itself so they will all have a common root directory

For the example, I have installed codelite under the following paths:
CodeLite : C:\Program Files\CodeLite
MinGW : C:\Program Files\CodeLite\MinGW-4.4.1
wxWidgets:C:\Program Files\CodeLite\wxWidgets-2.8.10

Next, we need to update some environment variables:

• Start codelite on your local machine
• Open the environment variable dialog - you should now see a new environment variable named $(CodeLiteDir) - this environment points to codelite installation path (in our example: C:\Program Files\CodeLite)
• First, we need to add codelite installation path to the PATH environment variable, we also want to add the MinGW bin's directory + wxWidgets DLL path, so copy / paste the following into the env variables dialog:

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  PATH=$(CodeLiteDir);$(CodeLiteDir)\MinGW-4.4.1\bin;$(CodeLiteDir)\wxWidgets-2.8.10\lib\gcc_dll;$(PATH)
  

• (If you dont want wxWidgets, you can skip this step) For the wx-config tool to work properly, we need to set/update the environment variables WXCFG and WXWIN

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  WXCFG=gcc_dll\mswu
  WXWIN=$(CodeLiteDir)\wxWidgets-2.8.10
  

So, you should end up with environment variables (for the 'Default' set, or any other set you might want to choose) similar to this:

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CodeLiteDir=\some\path\to\codelite
PATH=$(CodeLiteDir);$(CodeLiteDir)\MinGW-4.4.1\bin;$(CodeLiteDir)\wxWidgets-2.8.10\lib\gcc_dll;$(PATH)
WXCFG=gcc_dll\mswu
WXWIN=$(CodeLiteDir)\wxWidgets-2.8.10

Note that the environment variable order DOES MATTER:
In order to use the CodeLiteDir environment variable, it must be defined FIRST (so it will be recognized later)

You can now copy the entire codelite directory into your USB stick and you are ready to go!

Note:
The environment variable CodeLiteDir will be updated automatically whenever you start codelite - so there is no need to modify it by hand.

Eran

[evstevemd]

I will make launcher for compatibility with portableapps.com
Thanks for Making CL portable

[aprilmot]

Can I have only Codelite as portable. I dont want to have MinGW and wxWidget
Thank you
Aprilmot

[evstevemd]

Can I have only Codelite as portable. I dont want to have MinGW and wxWidget
Thank you
Aprilmot

Just follow Instruction and leave out section for wxWidgets and Mingw.
I'm curious though how are you going to compile your sources

[hekfan]

"Double click on the file wxcrafter.wxcp and you the designer should open on a new tab labeled [wxCrafter]. "
But I get a text view:
{
"metadata": {
"m_generatedFilesDir": "",
"m_objCounter": 9,
"m_includeFiles": [],
"m_bitmapFunction": "wxC9ED9InitBitmapResources",
"m_bitmapsFile" : "wxcrafter_bitmaps.cpp"
},
"windows": [{
...
Why?
I install codelite-4.1.5770-mingw4.6.1-wx2.9.4.exe on WinXP SP3

[eranif]

"Double click on the file wxcrafter.wxcp and you the designer should open on a new tab labeled [wxCrafter]. "

I am not sure where did you get this quote from ...

But, wxCrafter is not distributed with the official codelite as this post mentions http://forums.codelite.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1813 (its a sticky post, that exists in *all* the sub-forums of codelite)
If you wish to join the beta - just send me a PM and I will add you to wxCrafter's forum group (by becoming a wxCrafter forum member, you will be able to access wxCrafter forum + download link)

Eran

[Hydaral]

eranif, do you have any updated instructions for this?

I just tried with v4.1.5770 and it does not work. Whatever I do, CodeLite always reads the configuration from %AppData%.

Even when I move the config files into the CodeLite directory, it doesn't even check first to see if the files are there, it just goes straight ahead and creates new ones in %AppData%.

[Quark66]

eranif, do you have any updated instructions for this?

I just tried with v4.1.5770 and it does not work. Whatever I do, CodeLite always reads the configuration from %AppData%.

Even when I move the config files into the CodeLite directory, it doesn't even check first to see if the files are there, it just goes straight ahead and creates new ones in %AppData%.

.. the same situation: CodeLite 5.0.6213 OS:WIN7/64
Everything OK, no bug, no problems, speed of light + 10% ... But I still fight with "portability" of installation. CodeLite still use %AppData% variable from win registry for reading, creating and saving configuration (e.g. hotkeys and language...).

I tried to make a bat file with:

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set PATH=%PATH%;\PortableApps\CodeLite\MinGW-4.7.1\bin;\PortableApps\CodeLite
set APPDATA=%~d0\PortableApps\CodeLite
set CodeLiteDir=%~d0\PortableApps\CodeLite
rem echo  < %~d0 >     -->this is my disk, sometime J:, somteime E:, F:..depends on PC.
\PortableApps\CodeLite\codelite.exe

And variable APPDATA (pointing to my flash disk) does not mean anything... When I start CL and "hardly" delete C:\users\..\Roaming\CodeLite directory (or do it read only) after the ending of CL is singing: "error 5, canot write to C:..."
Is possible to disable this CL IDE feature?

I study codelite.cpp source from GIT and I found only one thing: if I rename codelite.exe to codelite1.exe for example, than CL build directory %APPDATA%/codelite1/.. others are same.
There is function wx.GetUserDataDir () returns the directory for the user-dependent application data files: $HOME/.appname under Unix, c:/Documents and Settings/username/Application Data/appname under Windows and ~/Library/Application Support/appname under Mac
bla bla bla.. and I dont know how to s:ay "Codelite, my darling, i need to use FLASH drive current directory and subdir for your config files..."

So if someone can help I will be very happy . Maybe some switch, maybe some environment variable... Or compile new CodeLite.exe from slightly modif. source?
M.Kučera

[eranif]

It does not work.
Please submit a feature request and I will work on it.
Requests on the forums tends to get lost...

Eran

[edison]

The CC does not work in my settings:

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My compiler is MinGW-w64 4.2 GCC 4.9.1 posix dw2 i686 Rev1 (install by MinGW-w64 Installer), its installstation path is g:\codelite\mingw (the $(CodeLiteDir)\MinGW ).