[Enigmail] enigmail with portable gpg

[Alan Yoder]

Faramir wrote:
> Alan Yoder escribió:
>
> > I've got the portable gpg installer, and have extracted that to 
> g:\tmp\gpg.
> > it created 2 directories, data and gpg
> > so I now have g:\tmp\data and g:\tmp\gpg
> > \gpg contains app and other.
> > \data has an empty subdir in it named GnuPG
>
>   Ok, data is where the gpg executable files, dlls, icons, etc should
> go. And the keyring will be in the data folder. BUT... if you want to
> use gpg for other things than using TB and Enigmail, you should place a
> copy of the gpg set of files in data folder too, since we can't give
> relative paths to a parallel folder... if it where a subfolder, that
> could be done, but they are parallel... Also, I think you must install
> TB portable first, and then install gpg portable. And after that,
> replace the outdated gpg files with the newer you have (but don't
> replace config files... just in case... or check the paths in the
> portable gpg config file, if any, and use those path settings in your
> config -if any- after you replace the files).
>
> > Since I have to use the U3 version, where shall I place the gpg
> > application files in order for thunderbird to access them with enigmail?
>
>   I am not sure what does U3 means... I suppose it is some kind of USB
> drive (maybe flash memory, maybe a disk...)
>
> > I can't play around with the path, what I'm going for here is a fully
> > portable solution.
>
>   Yes, paths are "hard to deal" things, when even the drive letter is
> going to change. But belive me, portable TB + portable gpg (for portable
> TB) are fully portable solutions, I have been using them for months...
>
> > The u3 version differs from the portableapps version.
> > I can't have 2 versions of thunderbird on the same stick, and the u3
> > version is already linked to the u3 control panel.
>
>    Oh... now I know what a u3 USB drive. Can you install things in the
> u3 USB drive? I mean, to put folders on it like you would do in a normal
> USB flash memory stick? My USB flash memory stick is not smart, I
> installed the menu for portable apps, and it checks for executable files
> and adds them to its menu, which looks like the u3 menu. But it doesn't
> do any sincronization, and of course, it can't replace the desktop
> wallpaper etc...
>
>    Ok, gpg IS portable by itself, *if I am not wrong*... so... let me
> think about this... what if you put the gpg folder (I mean, the folder
> you packed, not the one from gpg portable), keyring included, inside a
> folder of TB for u3? then point enigmail to use that gpg.exe If the
> config file of gpg (if any) there is no path for the keyring, it assumes
> it is located in the same folder where the executable gpg.exe is
> located... and since u3 Thunderbird should do the "magic" with changing
> paths, maybe Enigmail will search in that relative folder now, and maybe
> it can work... Before doing anything, do a backup, if possible...
>
>   Please consider I have never used an u3 drive, and I am not an expert
> about these things... I am just an user of portable apps which faced the
> same problem a while ago (in my case, the problem was I wanted to use
> gpgshell, which is not a portable app, it can be made portable, but I
> wanted to share the keyring between portable TB and portabilized
> gpgshell). But, again, I had a "dumb usb flash drive", not a smart one,
> so things may be very different... So there is a risk of messing all up,
> if you do what I say. So try to backup before you play with it... and
> tell us what happens...
>
>   Good Luck!
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