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Old 05-27-2023, 03:04 AM   #1
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Default Making Linux Reaper portable again?

Hello everyone,

I am facing a possibility of another transition, so I'd like to try and convert Reaper into a portable install, while keeping all my settings, plugins, configs, and the like. The user guide doesn't contain a guide for Linux.

I know that Chmaha has a script for this, but is doing this manually that big of a hassle? Any tips and procedures (which avoid symlinks)?

Thanks,
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Old 05-27-2023, 03:46 AM   #2
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It is easy. You can simply copy or move all files and folders from the reaper configuration/resources folder into the REAPER folder where the executable is, extracted from the downloaded file, and it will work as portable version because it will find reaper.ini there in the same folder.
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Old 05-27-2023, 04:22 AM   #3
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Thanks!

OK, so basically I move /~HOME/.config/REAPER to /ReaperInstallDir/REAPER and I'm done? No additional configs or setups are needed?
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Yes. not having the .config/REAPER folder inside ReaperInstallDir/REAPER
Only the files and subfolders copied to the portable REAPER folder. So reaper executable and reaper.ini should be on the same folder
To test, just copy them first instead of moving. It should work
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Old 05-31-2023, 02:29 AM   #5
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You can also use this command to use the specific config.

reaper -cfgfile /path/reaper.ini
I used to do it to test dev versions without touching my work config.
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Old 05-31-2023, 04:50 PM   #6
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reaper -cfgfile /path/reaper.ini
...yeah I prefer this way because you can keep the config directory separate, which makes it easy to back up, duplicate, move around, etc.
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Old 06-01-2023, 01:44 AM   #7
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I prefer it as well, but then again, it's yet another config thing I have to remember / write down somewhere for when doing a reinstall ... oh well
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