Too many dependencies? was: Is Linux always so frustating?
M. Fioretti
m.fioretti at inwind.it
Thu Apr 8 05:11:54 UTC 2004
On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 17:44:10 PM -0400, William Hooper (whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net) wrote:
>
> Robin Laing said:
>
> > If I am setting up a workstation for a secretary and I don't want to
> > allow Internet browsing, why should I install Mozilla. If the address
> > book code is required for OOo, then put the code in a separate
> > package. I can understand the dependencies for libs but not for
> > applications. How is the OOo download from OpenOffice.org handle this?
>
> Well, you install Mozilla so you can use the library...
Did you miss the beginning of the thread? This is exactly what one
would want to avoid.
> If you were doing a customized build (as opposed to the general
> build that FC needs), you could remove the address book sections
> that require it.
Not possible for the end user, which again is the subject of the
original complaint:
1) No competencies
2) If he had the disk space and CPU power to *compile* OOo (read
around what a light task that is) he would do much faster
installing Mozilla...
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
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