On 30 October 2015 at 17:38, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using NetBSD 7.0 i386. > > I do not create documents using office software, but have no control over > people sending those to me. So need a minimal reader for open/MS office > files. > > Am trying to build misc/libreoffice and somewhere gave up due to > dependencies. (I mean why do I need postgresql for above simple purpose)? > > May be there are other users who face above situation and the frustration. > So curious how they work around this. > > Besides trying to compile, I also tried pkgin, though looks like binary > repo doesn't have it. > > Tried libreoffice4-bin, though looks like it's too big a package. > > Are there ways, such as increasing more options to cut down functionality > in libreoffice? > > Alternatively is there any other package that will be light and quick to > install and serve above limited purpose? >
I've recently installed libreoffice4 from binaries on NetBSD7/amd64 (too scared to try building libreoffice5 from sources) and I'm quite happy, even without a full set of fonts. -- Ottavio
