Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> writes: > Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, >> > on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB >> > download. Is there anything smaller that I could download in order to >> > be able to >> > export org documents to PDF? >> >> Install LibreOffice and follow instructions in this thread: >> >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-09/msg00027.html >> > > I did a quick and dirty calculation on my Ubuntu 11.04 system like this: > > ,---- > | $ apt-cache show libreoffice-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += > | $2;} END {print total;}' > | 6026311 > | $ apt-cache show texlive-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += $2;} > | END {print total;}' > | 1419784 > `---- > > So if Nathan objects to 2GB of TeX, I presume 6GB would be 3 (or perhaps > 4, given my numbers) times more unacceptable :-)
According to these links: http://www.libreoffice.org/download (This lands in x86/Debian page) http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.6.3/deb/x86/LibO_3.6.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz.mirrorlist the size of the package is 154M (161632133 bytes). > > Caveats: > > o I haven't checked the calculation at all (not even to make sure the > units are KB) - but the relative size of the numbers is telling > nevertheless. > > o There may be lots of extraneous packages in the lists that one could > omit and that might make a big difference in the final numbers. > > o Nathan may have Libre Office already installed for other reasons, in > which case size considerations are moot. > > Nick > > > > > --
