JoseC.Rodriguez writes:
> ...everytime the package and libraries get updated it'll have to be
> downloaded again and again (if you're on Sid).

Why do you think you have to constantly update everything just because you
are running Sid?
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On Oct 17, 4:10*pm, John Hasler <jhas...@debian.org> wrote:
> JoseC.Rodriguez writes:
> > ...everytime the package and libraries get updated it'll have to be
> > downloaded again and again (if you're on Sid).
>
> Why do you think you have to constantly update everything just because you
> are running Sid?

I don't think so, but I definitely do updates more often in sid than
in etch. I'd find the opposite quite exotic.

The point here, anyway, is the inconvenience of having to have loads
of different libraries (and versions) to run what one would expect/
hope to be simple and self-contained applications.

Jose


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On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:31:00 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > Having used okular in KDE 4, I believe it is one of the best and most
> > feature rich pdf viewer out there. Mainly highlighting and ability to
> > do comments are of most interest to me.
> >
> > However, I do not use KDE 4. Is it possible to build okular using QT4
> > libraries without KDE4? The package requirements in debian lists that
> > okular requires a bunch of kde 4 dependencies. A quick google search
> > did not reveal anything right away so I thought I'd ask here....
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> I don't use KDE 4 either. apt-get update + apt-get install okular offers
> to install/upgrade 57 libraries and install okular. 113MB. That takes me
> about 5 hours. If you have broadband takes you 5 minutes.
>
> Why don't you just do that?
>
> Hugo
>

Thanks for the reply.


The problem with that is that it installs all the kde runtime
libraries. The machine that I am using is really limited in power. I
can't even run GNOME here without slowdowns etc. I am guessing all
those runtime libraries will eat up alot of RAM and cpu cycles
every time I run okular.


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John Hasler wrote:

JoseC.Rodriguez writes:

...everytime the package and libraries get updated it'll have to be
downloaded again and again (if you're on Sid).


Why do you think you have to constantly update everything just because you
are running Sid?


It's exactly the reasoon I like Sid: everything is around, but I don't
have to install it if I don't want to.


Hugo


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Amit Uttamchandani escreveu:
> The problem with that is that it installs all the kde runtime
> libraries. The machine that I am using is really limited in power. I
> can't even run GNOME here without slowdowns etc. I am guessing all
> those runtime libraries will eat up alot of RAM and cpu cycles
> every time I run okular.

If the program requires those libraries, recompiling will not eliminate
the dependency. If the program does not depend on them, file a bug,
because packages should pull only what's really necessary for them.


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