--- 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�?
The openoffice-bin ebuild basically cuts out all the compiling. It downloads a binary (pre-compiled) tarball from the website. It extracts it to a temporary directory, then installs from the temporary directory. The openoffice ebuild downloads a source tarball, extracts it to a temporary directory, compiles it, then installs from the temporary directory.
-- Andrew Gaffney
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