install problems

[Jack L.]

On 7/12/07, pj <af.gourmet at videotron.ca> wrote:
> I find installing openoffice extraordinarily complicated.
> First, the requirement of 2gb of memory seems astronomical for normal
> users. I normally have 500mb or 1gb for Photoshop machines and things
> work fine.
>
> How does one install the package of OOo? The only way I was able to
> install the package openoffice.org-2.2.1.tbz was to pkg_add -f - but
> that left a lot of dependencies (packages) uninstalled.
> The program seems to work ok but I wonder what I should expect when I am
> using it a lot.
> Shoud I install the other (missing) packages (older versions) or the
> ports (newer)? Is OO intuitive in adapting to newer versions?
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Phil
The 2GB memory limit is only for when you compile it. It won't
actually use that much running it. I've successfully compiled it on
machines with less memory. You should install the other dependencies.