Installing Libronix on a Flash drive

Dave Hooton
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edited November 20 in English Forum

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It is possible to run Libronix from a flash drive, but the
installation is a little tedious due to the many installation files
(.msi) that are required. When I performed this in January the installation of 3.0e worked only on Windows XP but it ran on both XP and Vista. It is possible that the applications will now install on Vista/Win7.


Download Ceedo from http://www.ceedo.com/products/ceedo-personal.html
and insert your flash drive U: (>= 8 GB recommended). During installation
Ceedo may download the Argo Installer but you can do it from http://www.ceedoready.com/addons/eng/argo/index.php. Note: ensure your flash drive has the same drive letter on each computer so that your resource paths will always be valid.

Make
sure that no other version of Libronix is running! From the Ceedo easy-access menu select Add-ons and use the Argo Application Installer to install
several files from your Libronix v3 installation disc (or from a copy on your
hard drive):-

A. DLSSetup.exe in \Setup\Installs

B.
Setup.exe
This will display the familiar Libronix Update window. Make your
selections and hit Update. It will eventually fail, but don't
worry! Execute Setup.exe again. You should see a list of  resources and
required System Components. Write down all the Components and cancel the
Update window.

C. Install the msi files from \Setup\Installs (using
Argo):-

  1. BatchUpdate
  2. LibronixDigitalLibrarySystem

  3. LibronixDLSApplication
  4. LibronixDLSShortcuts
  5. ComonSystemFiles
  6. BibleDataTypeSystemFiles
  7. <LLS, Oeb, & PDF>ResourceDriver,
    Z3950Library
  8. SentenceDiagramming, GraphicalQueryEditor,
    ClauseVisualizer (depending on your licence).

D. Install other msi files that you
need e.g. VideoResourceDriver, SESB, LogosSmartTags

E. Store your resources on the flash drive in \Ceedo\Program Files\Libronix
DLS\Resources.

F. Start LDLS from the All Programs Menu and restore your
licences. LDLS will discover any resources on your hard drive but you could temporarily hide/Recycle them. If necessary, change Resource Paths.

G. Copy your User Files to U:\My Documents\Libronix DLS and Preferences to
U:\Ceedo\User\Application Data\Libronix DLS.

H. Some Addins may not be
installed so copy them from \Setup\LDLS\Addins to U:\Ceedo\Program Files\Libronix
DLS\Common\LDLS\Addins. Same thing with their data
sets (search \Setup for names like People, Pronunciations, Timelines).

Steps F (licences), G and H are error prone but you could use Libronix Backup and Restore http://community.logos.com/forums/t/285.aspx:-

  • Backup your current installation to F:\logosbackup (for
    example)
  • Manually copy the contents of
    F:\logosbackup\Prefs to U:\Ceedo\User\Application Data\Libronix DLS and then temporarily rename the \Prefs folder
  • Manually copy the contents of F:\logosbackup\Licences to U:\Ceedo\Common\Application Data\Libronix DLS\Library\Licenses and then temporarily rename the \Licences folder 
  • Run RestoreLibronix e.g. RestoreLibronix F:\logosbackup "U:\Ceedo\Program Files\Libronix
    DLS" -u "U:\My Documents\Libronix DLS" (this copies missing items from Step H as well as User Files)

Dave
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