Running MultiBit from a USB version 0.5.9 #119
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In your step 12 try:
From memory I think it looks in the launch directory for the On Wed, May 1, 2013, at 04:43 PM, soslug wrote:
https://multibit.org Money, reinvented |
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Hello jim yes thanks i tried this but result is that a new empty this log and the debug log are attached as attachments Previous log 15:42:30.433 [main] INFO o.m.ApplicationDataDirectoryLocator - Quoting Jim Burton notifications@github.com:
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That is expected behaviour. You are running MultiBit locally from the You can now open your other wallets using File | Open Wallet and it will The default wallet you can just do a File | Close Wallet on. (or delete On Wed, May 1, 2013, at 05:07 PM, soslug wrote:
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Perhaps I am missing something here but my wallets are stored in MultiBit directory on the USB ie MultiBit the top one has all my wallets the MultiBit-0.5.9 has multibit-0.5.9-exe.jar opens it writes a new wallet container in /home/user and whilst I can work with this it means having multiple MultiBit directories on each machine I use it on, this is not the behaviour I really want. I have had it running before I know i have because it is the only way I do run it. I run the command from the stick and it finds my MultiBit directory on the stick why it doesn't work now I don't know but it did enable me to run the executable without installing a new new MultiBit directory on a home drive that serves no purpose. |
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If you in the help in Troubleshooting there is a section on the search It basically looks first in the directory it is running in and uses the The multibit.properties specifies where the wallets are. So:
You need to start Java from the installation directory on your USB drive On Wed, May 1, 2013, at 06:12 PM, soslug wrote:
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Hello Jim, yes I have create an empty file called multibit.properties and this is updating with the new path info for the wallets in the previous folder it, has still created a new empty wallet in the launch folder which is undesirable and untidy but this can be deleted. You are correct in that if I run java -jar multibit-exe.jar in the launch directory it finds the wallets newly imported into Multibit system. However if I now run from filemanager in the launch folder a new MultiBit folder is created with wallets in the /home/user directory. So fixed sought of thanks for the help. |
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I will request some features that will allow for the wallet directory to be specified in the installer if that is possible. |
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Wallets can be anywhere. There is no 'wallets directory'. |
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True but if you were installing MultiBit to a USB drive or hard disk, would it not be helpful to specify where your wallets are contained if they were in one place or not. Surely it would overcome the problem I have had after al I followed the instructions as detailed and this didn't work. I have had to ask quite a few questions which you kindly responded very quickly I might add, to get mine to work. As I have indicated before you can not expect someone with low computer experience to know how to view his / her wallets from a USB if it is not extremely simple. At least that is my opinion. The MultiBit directory contains all my wallets and is the default wallet directory for MultiBit at least every time I have run it. |
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I am not disagreeing that a 'portable mode'mshould be easier. Just saying it does not make sense to have a setting for the directory your wallets are in. You might have two directories or a dozen directories with wallets in. There is already an issue for making MultiBit portable. |
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I take your point but does not all the wallets that are managed by MultiBit exist in the MultiBit directory true you wouldn't want to add individual wallets at point of installation, but I am only talking about the wallets that MultiBit manages. If this directory exist in multiple places surely by specifying which one, be it on a usb or whatever does this not make the task of installation simpler? |
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We are obviously talking at cross purposes. I'll try and explain where the difference is. You install MultiBit into an installation directory. When you run according to the instructions in the 'how to run MultiBit from a USB drive' it has the installation directory and the user data directory in the same directory. The point is: you can create and open your wallets from anywhere. Regardless of where the program is stored or the user data directory. The wallets MultiBit manages YOU have in a single directory but in general they can be anywhere. I have wallets literally all over the place. You just navigate to where your wallet is in the Open file dialog and open it. Create is the same. You can create a wallet anywhere and MultiBit will remember where it is. Getting things running smoothly on a USB drive is NOT about specifying where the wallets are. It is about streamlining the setup regardless of how a particular user stores their wallets. I hope that distinction is clear. |
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Adding MBHD label in case we want to support this use case. |
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MBHD does not support running from USB. Closing. |
Bug report
Operating System: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit
MultiBit Version: 0.5.9 however this problem was seen on other versions
Java Version used openjdk-7-jre
Steps to replicate the problem:
java -jar MultiBit-0.5.9/multibit-exe.jar
After every instance the only place MultiBit directory is made is in the /home/user directory I do not seem able to change this. My MultiBit directory is on the same USB as the executable directory thus:-
MultiBit
MultiBit-0.5.9
Following these instructions below it should have been possible to run MultiBit from a USB key where the data is also stored.
Linux
Installing MultiBit to run on a USB drive for Linux.
Insert your USB drive into your Linux machine.
Run the MultiBit Linux installer. On the screen with the question "Select the installation path:" click on the "Browse" button and select a directory on your USB drive.
Run the rest of the installation as normal.
Once the installation is done, navigate to your USB drive's MultiBit installation directory. It is the directory with the "multibit-exe.jar" file.
Create a new text file called (exactly) "multibit.properties". Leave the file empty. This is the MultiBit configuration file. Having a copy in the installation directory (rather than the user's application data) tells MultiBit to run locally.
To run MultiBit locally, double click on the multibit-exe.jar. If this does not start up the jar file, open a command line to your installation directory and run "java -jar multibit-exe.jar".
Try as I might the ONLY place MultiBit directory installs to is the linux /home/user directory and nowhere else despite the addition of an empty file as specified above.
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