Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:28:48 -0400 From: "David Loszewski" <lists@bsdadmins.net> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Joe Pokupec" <joepok@ninestar.com> Cc: Free BSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 11 Hour Installs on KDE? Message-ID: <003901c33dbc$48fdbb80$65fefe0a@hades> References: <BB231D34.11D40%joepok@ninestar.com> <3EFDE51A.30907@potentialtech.com>
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This is the funniest thing I have ever read Bill, hilarious. You just made my day :-D Anyways, Bill along with all the other guys are right, it's huge which is why it takes so long to compile, however if you install it through /stand/sysinstall it'll take like 10 minutes to install because it's precompiled for that version of FreeBSD. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Joe Pokupec" <joepok@ninestar.com> Cc: "Free BSD List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 2:57 PM Subject: Re: 11 Hour Installs on KDE? > Joe Pokupec wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I installed 5.1 on 2 separate machines yesterday. After the general install > > (which included all the Ports), I went to /usr/ports/x11/kde3 and did a: > > What are these machines? Processor? RAM? > > > make install clean after reading tfm. > > > > The install has been going for over 11 hours now. It's not hung up, the text > > is scrolling by... On both machines... > > > > Is there something I should know? > > Yes, KDE is big ... Huge ... Like ... try to imagine more code than you > could ever imagine, and KDE might actually be bigger than that. See ... > if you took the empire state building and put the statue of liberty on top > of it and put them both underneath the New River Gorge Bridge, the space > left over wouldn't be as big as KDE. If you took all the code in KDE and > laid it end to end it would reach all the way to the sun, catch on fire and > burn your house down (although it would take 8 minutes for the fire to get > from the sun to your house, so you'd probably be able to get out in time) > > The upshot is that KDE could easily take several days to compile if you're > dealing with less than hefty hardware. Let us know the details of the > hardware and we'll make some guesses on how long it should take to compile. > > > I can re-install 5.1, 5.0, or any version on these machines if necessary, > > but I'm somewhat curious about this huge length of install time... > > I doubt the version of FreeBSD is the cause. Use ALT+F2 to switch to > another console on one of the machines and run "top" to get an idea of > what's causing the problem. If the build process is causing a lot of > swapping, it's probably going to take 6 or 7 years for KDE to build. > > <disclaimer> > I am not an insurance salesman, if your house burns down due to anything > you've read in this email, I make no guarantees that your homeowner's > policy will cover it. > I'm also not responsible for personal injury or damage to the statue of > liberty caused by trying to balance it on top of the empire state building. > (I still say that damn thing sways when the wind blows!) > Do not try this at home. Offer void where prohibited. > </disclaimer> > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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