On Thursday 06 November 2003 10:51 pm, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Collins > > Thanks for your advice. > > - snip - > > >>OpenOffice 1.0.2 > >> > >>1) > >>The package was downloaded and installed from Gentoo wetsite. It > >> did not work properly. I mistakenly removed it with ./setup > >> method which could not remove all files. I found follows > >> remained. > >> > >>/etc/openoffice > >>/var/db/pkg/app-office/openoffice-bin-1.02, etc > >>/var/cache/edb/dep/app-office/openoffice-bin-1.0.2, etc > >>/usr/kde/3.1/share/icons/crystalsvg/scalable/apps/oppenoffice.svg > >>z /usr/portage/metadata/cache/app-opffice/office-bin-1.0.2, etc > >> /usr/portage/packages/ALL/openoffice-bin-1.0.2tbz2 > >>/usr/portage/app-office/openoffice-bin, etc > >>etc. > >> > >>Kindly advise how to remove all of them collectively? OR I have > >> to remove them manually. > > > >I don't think you need to worry about any of these; just leave > > them alone. > > Noted with thanks > > >>2) > >>After its complete removal I expect to install OpenOffice 1.1. > >> How can I search whether OO 1.1 is available on Gentoo website. > >> If OO 1.1 is not available there can I install OO 1.1 from its > >> tarball to be downloaded from OO website. > > > >You have several choices: > > > >Yes, gentoo has the 1.1 builds. > > > >Compile from source: Requires many hours and 4-5G temp work space > > (!!!!). > > > >1. emerge openoffice > >2. emerge openoffice-ximian > > > >Install binary: > > > >1. emerge openoffice-bin > >2. Download an openoffice binary tarball > >3. Dowload an openoffice-ximian tarball. > > > >I'm lazy; I prefer the binary install. Some people swear by the > > -ximian builds, but I haven't noticed a lot of difference. > > Space is not a problem to me. I am running Gentoo 1.4 on a slow > PC-AMD, K7 with 40G hard drive. But speed is a major problem. I > took 72 hours to install Gentoo 1.4 > > If I download OO1.1 tarball from OO website and start its > installation, it will be much quicker. Is there any difference > compared with compiling it from Gentoo ebuild. > > B.R. > Stephen > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
From what I've seen, having installed both the binary and the source builds of OO, The source build starts a bit quicker but I notice no difference at least in the OO writer part. Even if it took 5 seconds longer to open, I figure I would have to open it about 15,000 times before I would gain back the time spend building from source. Is it worth it? depends on how often you use it. If you were to open OO 5 times a day, it would take 3 years to see a benefit. -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
