[osgeo4w-dev] [osgeo4w] #891: Remember root location after install

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#891: Remember root location after install
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Reporter:  olivierdalang  |      Owner:  osgeo4w-dev@…
    Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal         |  Component:  Package
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 Hello !

 This is my first issue here, please don't hesitate to tell me if I missed
 some good practices.

 In a enterprise environnement, we are trying to use OSGeo4W to deploy
 QGIS-lts while still allowing more advanced users to install QGIS-latest
 or other OSGeo4W packages.

 We are installing OSGeo to %localAppData%\Programs\OSGeo4W. The issue is
 that when the user wants to upgrade his OSGeo4W packages with the bundled
 osgeo4w-setup.exe, the default root location is againt C:\OSGeo4W.

 Would it it possible to make osgeo4w-setup.exe to "remember" the root path
 in which it was installed ? I'm thinking of a ini sidecar file, or somehow
 detecting that it's inside a valid OSGeo4W root. This would make it
 simpler to upgrade existing OSGeo4W packages without accidentally creating
 a new OSGeo4W root or getting errors if C:\OSGeo4W is not writeable.

 By the way, has there been some discussion/ticket already about defaulting
 to  %localAppData%\Programs\OSGeo4W when installing "just for me" ? As far
 as I understand, it's the standard for user space programs.

 Cheers
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/891>
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