If you do this your user will not have the correct permissions for the Zimbra Desktop instance.
#Zimbra email client portable install
Do NOT let this instance of the installation install the Zimbra Desktop instance for your standard user.Walk through the installation steps, installing the base in the /opt directory.You will then issue the command./install.sh). Issue the command sudo./install.sh (NOTE: If you are using a distribution that requires you to change to the root user first issue the command su and enter the root user password.Change into the newly created directory.Issue the command tar xvzf zdesktop-XXX_linux_i686.tgz (Where XXX is the release number).Open up a terminal window and change to the directory containing the download.To actually get Zimbra Desktop up and running, you need to take these steps: Unless you are only going to be installing it for root user access. Installation The installation should be fairly straight-forward. That's exactly what we are going to do today: Get Zimbra Desktop on your Linux machine and configured for both email and social networking. Zimbra Desktop is the perfect compliment to Zimbra’s web interfaces because it allows you to have your Zimbra email, calendar, contacts, document, shares and files on your local desktop as well as saved in the cloud. Dear All, Can anyone make Zimbra Desktop portable? I Think It's great email client aplication.