On Friday 02 August 2002 11:29, Roy Mendelssohn wrote: > Evolution looks like a very nice program. I ws going to install it, > but I found that Fink wanted to install 99 new files, and there were > several options, and I wasn't certain how all of this would affect my > system. First, what are the tradeoffs of using the SSL and non-SSL > versins, the LZW versus the non-LZW version, and if I install all the > files (I assume I am installing Gnome), am I stuck with Gnome, or is > it only comes up when called up, or what. And does anyone have any > idea roughly how long a download I am looking at?
I can give a quick answer to one part of the question--evolution requires a lot of GNOME stuff to build, but you can run it without the full GNOME overhead (i.e. without a gnome-session). The download time depends on your connection, of course. > > I apologize for all the questions, but want to have some idea of > what is about to happen to my system before I download and install > that many files. > > Any information greatly appreciated. > > -Roy M. -- -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
