Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:54:12 -0500 From: "Chad Gross" <avatar4d@gmail.com> To: Ne'Bahn <business.oriented@gmail.com> Cc: UNIX - questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Install via ports... Message-ID: <17489c7a0612131754j727ac2a3n854e2313396e93c6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <002001c71f12$f36c4560$71d3dcc9@bloodlust> References: <002001c71f12$f36c4560$71d3dcc9@bloodlust>
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On 12/13/06, Ne'Bahn <business.oriented@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi list, I've read the handbook for ports, basically (if I understand) > ports > are files that brings information (location, dependencies) to the system > to > compile a series of files (sources) to have the final piece of software. > Very nice with the advantages that comes with this type of installation, > but, what about a big applications like Gnome, OpenOffice and so on. I > can't > try ports because I can't have a fast/long connection for downloads (due > to > some restrictions on my country) so I always install via packages, and it > takes a while, well a little bit. So what I am asking if is anyone has > test > a Gnome, OpenOffice.org, or any other big installations via ports (say in > a > Pentium 4 2.8GHz HT with 512Mb RAM) can tell me the elapsed time ??? Just > curious...thanks in advance. I have a P4 2.8 w/ 1G RAM and it takes hours to compile OpenOffice and around 9GB of hdd space.
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