Re: Gnumeric - too big
On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 07:33:38AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > I wanted to install gnumeric but the dep list is huge here (see
> below)
> > is there a way to shrink it.. is there any scope for this building
> > from source?
>
> Do you not run many gnome packages ?? Many of those are pretty
> "standard" packages that you would need installed anyway for other
> gnome programs.
no, afaik I only use dia from gnome .. which is excelllent but
(obviously) didnt ask me to install all the gnome stuff. I use a
hacked up blackbox (ongoing plaything of mine) as WM .. boots in
some fraction of a second and is very fast to work it..
>
> Compiling from source may not be any better. For example, in
> addition to needing "esound-common" installed, you may also need
hmm why do I need sound at all.. its a spreadsheet.. that was one of
the strangest deps I was hoping could be disabled in the source. I
never have desktop sounds enabled..
Wouldn't mind if it was just gnome-libs, but that list is ott.
> there may be configure options that would allow you to disable some
> functions and get away with not needing a package, but it would
> likely be more trouble than it's worth.
certainly sounds like it :(
I'll give it a miss I think.. I suppose if I find enough gnome things
that require all this stuff I won't mind so much.. just seemed a lot
for a single package.
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