Re: Portable ImageJ

Posted by Bob Nienhuis on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Portable-ImageJ-tp3700446p3700452.html

Puppy Linux fits nicely on a bootable memory stick.
<http://www.puppylinux.org/user/viewpage.php?page_id=1>

Bob Nienhuis
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On 1/30/07, Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi Gabriel,
>
> On 1/30/07, Gabriel Landini <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > What about creating a knoppix dvd with IJ installed (+ macros and
> plugins).
> > Is that possible?
>
> Certainly possible, and I am guessing it would be quite easy, thought
> I do not have experience with creating custom Knoppix CDs. According
> to an article I found
> (http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=417095&rl=1): "The
> total process of creating a new version of Knoppix (called
> remastering) broadly consists of copying a running Knoppix environment
> to a host computer, chrooting into it, making any desired changes, and
> then compressing the filesystem and turning it into a bootable ISO."
> So it should be straightforward to set up ImageJ in a user's home
> directory in the chroot environment, including all desired plugins and
> preferences, then create the ISO from that.
>
> -Curtis
>