Installation on a computer without admin privileges
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Installation on a computer without admin privileges
Hello. I'm trying to install FreeOrion on a computer that I use for work (Windows). The problem, as the title says, is that I don't have admin privileges and they are required if the installation is "making changes on the computer". Is there a way to circumvent this? Similar thing happens when I install Freeciv, but for some reason the installation there goes smoothly without admin rights.
Re: Installation on a computer without admin privileges
Cant really comment on directly running in windows without admin rights part.
If you are really pain resistant and have linux knowledge: maybe freeorion also builds for cygwin(?). It is possible to install cygwin without admin rights as far as I know.
For all other "run-linux-on-windows" variants you probably need some admin rights (virtualisation software to run a virtual machine or the linux subsystem (WSL) in windows 10).
If you are really pain resistant and have linux knowledge: maybe freeorion also builds for cygwin(?). It is possible to install cygwin without admin rights as far as I know.
For all other "run-linux-on-windows" variants you probably need some admin rights (virtualisation software to run a virtual machine or the linux subsystem (WSL) in windows 10).
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Re: Installation on a computer without admin privileges
I suppose it is managed somewhere in https://github.com/freeorion/freeorion/ ... ler.nsi.in but I never work with NSIS so not sure what should be changed.
Maybe Vezzra knows it better.
Maybe Vezzra knows it better.
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Re: Installation on a computer without admin privileges
I suppose it should work from .zip archive. It only requires executables and default folder in the same directory.
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Re: Installation on a computer without admin privileges
I think you can try installing in a Windows machine you own, compress the folder, and uncompress it in the machine you don't own.
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Re: Installation on a computer without admin privileges
You can also download the .exe installer, open it in a program like 7-Zip as if it was a .zip, unzip to a directory on the desktop, and then run FreeOrion.exe from there. No actual installation is required, and it doesn't need to be in any special location to run.