KiCad as a portable app

[bobc]

@grpace

I do tend to like how PortableApps.com has their software set up…
All apps have their own install folder and any data or settings the app needs is stored within a subfolder of its main install folder.

Actually, that is why KICAD_CONFIG_HOME has been introduced, to allow portableapp, see KiCad Portable 9.0.0 Dev Test 1 (Released) | PortableApps.com and the mailing list thread. It would be easier still with a command line option.

So I think KiCad can now be run portableapp style by setting KICAD_CONFIG_HOME appropriately, and installing to a folder other than “c:\program files” on Windows. KiCad used to be distributed as a zip which was very useful.