Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 17:09:45 -0500 (EST) From: John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> To: pippo@bellnet.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: openoffice install Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210271708220.23181-100000@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021027153108.00aa1350@pop51.bellnet.ca>
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On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 pippo@bellnet.ca wrote: > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:34:07 -0500 > From: pippo@bellnet.ca > To: Daniel Harris <dh@askdh.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: openoffice install > > At 01:45 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Note that http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ has binary packages > >which won't require those 4GB :-) > Thanks for the tip, Daniel. > I kind-of liked using portupgrade. It seems silly to need that much space > for and installation. And I thought that MicroSlop was overbloated... :(( > If you need 4gb for a proggie (alright, it does do a lot - I'll have to > find outg just how lot) it would appear that we must now have 80gb disks or > greater to function without hassles...:)) > PJ > I think the space requirements for the 'port' are for all the temporary compile-time files. The pre-built package itself is fairly small. 4 GB is a *lot* of space though ... X( JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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