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From: Andrew Frink <gentoo.user.andrew.frink@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installation of openoffice in 4 hours or more?! :s
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:16:36
Message-Id: 457A0DB0.1000502@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Installation of openoffice in 4 hours or more?! :s by Leandro Melo de Sales
1 Leandro Melo de Sales wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > # date
5 > Tue Dec 5 10:12:01 BRT 2006
6 > # emerge openoffice
7 > { in other terminal }
8 > # date
9 > Tue Dec 5 15:24:01 BRT 2006
10 >
11 > and portage continues to compile openoffice, it didn't finished yet.
12 > Is it so slow or there are something wrong? My machine is a P4 (with
13 > HyperThreading enabled), 512Mb.
14 >
15 > Thanks,
16 >
17 > Leandro.
18 Leandro,
19 That sounds about right for openoffice, also with only 512Mb ram you are
20 likely swapping alot. there is the package openoffice-bin, that installs
21 in about 2-5 minutes.
22
23 Cynyr
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