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Is there a way to make portable in linux behave like portable for Windows, putting all configs, logs, and downloaded clientdata in folder you install the portable client to.

I can compile client fine using But when I run client it puts and In same place as a native client.

I thought maybe this would but did not

Yes this is by design.
Bur you cam put potable.xml in directory with manaplus binary and it can override any paths for logs or configs.
See portable.xml in manaplus in windows installed with portable flag.