On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:34:07 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Daniel Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: openoffice install > > At 01:45 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Note that http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ has binary packages > >which won't require those 4GB :-) > Thanks for the tip, Daniel. > I kind-of liked using portupgrade. It seems silly to need that much space > for and installation. And I thought that MicroSlop was overbloated... :(( > If you need 4gb for a proggie (alright, it does do a lot - I'll have to > find outg just how lot) it would appear that we must now have 80gb disks or > greater to function without hassles...:)) > PJ >
I think the space requirements for the 'port' are for all the temporary compile-time files. The pre-built package itself is fairly small. 4 GB is a *lot* of space though ... X( JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
