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On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Parker Brown wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:06:41 -0700
> From: Parker Brown <phbrown@charter.net>
> To: BSDQuestions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: GNOME
> 
> Tried to install gnome using pkg_add sometime yesterday.  pkg-add
> couldn't find it (please see attachment "gnome.prob").
> 
> Then began a real nightmare  ---  I tried to install it from the ports
> section.  After just over three hours, the installation had gobbled up
> some 280 Mb of disk space, so I stopped it, cleaned up what I could, and
> went to bed.  This morning I restarted it (only about 260 Mb available
> this time).  After just about precisely three hours the installation
> aborted because it was "out of disk space."  (please see attachment
> "ROCKSOLIDDISKMANAGEMENT").
> 
> Installation requires more that six (6) hours and more that 500 Mb of
> disk space?  I've got a very fast cable connection, a Pentium II with
> 192 Mb RAM, and a SCSI drive.
> 
> Needless to say, I'll forget about gnome.  But how about putting a
> warning statement in /usr/ports/x11/gnome/pkg_comment in the future.
> Really.
> 
> Pb
> 

Instead of building it from source, why not just install the packages from 
your CD, pre-built?


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