It seems that I have no choice where it installs itself on installation.
I need to be able to install it on a drive of my choice, maybe even a folder of my choice.
Is this something that a) Can be done, or b) is considered being done?
I’m on windows 10,
I have a smaller SSD boot drive, which is where it insists on installing itself.
I can’t leave this there, I need to put it elsewhere.
Thanks.
If you are meaning where it installs sites you can change this in Preferences > New Site Defaults > “Sites Path:”
Here’s an example of mine (only 1 ssd drive for my laptop so i put it in an easy to access location).
If you are meaning when it first installs Local itself, you should have the option of which drive / location it installs local in - I have the pro version of windows and when I install it asks which directory to install local in, and from there I can choose a different path for the install. I’m not sure if this is the same on “Home” versions of windows, though.
If you post a screenshot or more specific info on what it’s doing on installation, the community may be able to further help (myself included).
Hey @potterpg –
As @Shane mentioned, the site files can be located anywhere that Local has the ability to write to.
There is one part of Local that has to be installed on the main partition, which is VirtualBox. This is a dependency of VirtualBox and one of the inflexible parts of Local.
Due to this and other issues with VirtualBox and Docker, we’re currently working on a version of Local called Local Lightning which will remove these dependencies, and will allow much more flexibility in terms of where things can be installed.
If you are curious about learning more about Lightning, take a look at these posts in the Announcements channel:
I’m on about installing ‘local’
I downloaded ‘local-by-flywheel-3-3-0-windows.exe’
This does not give you any options when run, installing.
The installer opens up.
You see that it lists VirtualBox, and below it Host machine…
You then have one button, which then proceeds to install them, where it wants to, not where I want them.
I doubt the version of Windows has any bearings here.
Hi Ben,
I was curious, so downloaded virtualbox, and as I expected, I, in fact, can install Virtualbox, anywhere on any disk or in any folder I wish?
So, it must be the integration ‘Local’ has with virtualbox that makes it inflexible.
I’ll have a look at your links… thanks for that info.