--- Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G�zim Hoxha wrote: > > Hi, > > I started merging openoffice and it�s really > taking > > it�s time [about 5 hours] and it�s not yet done. > My > > question is why can�t I go to openoffice.org and > > download the tar ball and install it from there, > it > > would have take no more than 10 minuts I believe. > Is > > it better to merge packages than to download and > > install them manually? Why does it take longer to > > merge a package then to insall it from source > (e.g. > > openoffice)? > > emerge openoffice-bin OK, thanks, but can you please explain what�s happening, what�s the difference between emerge openoffice-bin and emerge openoffice, does other packages have �-bin�? > > -- > Andrew Gaffney > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >
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