Motion on an external drive?

I don't have a lot of room on my G4's internal "applications" drive but I've got much more room on a LaCie external drive that I have my project on. This project will continue to grow as the series of episodes grow. Plus I will occasionally be moving this project to another machine to finish it or update it.
My question is can I store Motion on the external drive? I will only be going back to Motion to update my text and graphics as the series progresses.
It has been said many times not to store applications on the same drive as the project; am I going to run into issues with an application that I will be using spairingly?
Am I asking for problems storing an application on a portable, external drive?
Cheers,
D
G-5 dual processor   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

i think the application has to be installed on the main boot drive. you might consider installing the content on an external drive to save space. when you run the final cut studio or motion installer, choose custom install and route the content to a different drive.
macbook pro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

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