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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:33:33 +0200
From:      "Dr. A. Haakh" <bugReporter@Haakh.de>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-openoffice@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: install problems
Message-ID:  <469DD05D.8010109@Haakh.de>
In-Reply-To: <18070.61555.358012.50711@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <4696D95A.8000906@videotron.ca>	 <ab581e310707122012l32009c92kec499ee2fc74599f@mail.gmail.com> <18070.61555.358012.50711@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Robert Huff wrote:
> Jack L. writes
>>  > First, the requirement of 2gb of memory seems astronomical for normal
>>  > users. I normally have 500mb or 1gb for Photoshop machines and things
>>  > work fine.
>>
>>  The 2GB memory limit is only for when you compile it. It won't
>>  actually use that much running it. I've successfully compiled it
>>  on machines with less memory. You should install the other
>>  dependencies.
>>     
>
> 	I routinely build it on a machine with 512mb.  It takes at
> least 12 hours, but it does build.
>   
Actually you need 2GB of virutal memory/swapspace. There used to be a 
.cxx-file which consumed about 1.5GB of (virtual) memory during 
compilation. I don't know if this is still the case.

Andreas Haakh



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