"G�zim" Hoxha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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)?
When you merge OO portage fetches the source and compiles it. This takes hours even on a fast machine, especially if it's also doing something else other than just compiling, which is often the case if you're logged in while compiling. The benefits of this is that it gets optimised for your hardware and that you can taylor the package to some extent. Last time I checked there were no localized OO 1.0.3 binaries available, but since I compiled it my OO has swedish menus. Since the oo compile is one of these compiles from hell (takes ages and is a bit prone to break) there is the openoffice-bin ebuild which just installs a precompiled binary. /Rasmus Wiman http://rasmus.wiman.org http://dagbok.wiman.org I program my home computer Beam myself into the future -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
