A simple question about kde

newbie89 · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 56

I just finished installing kde using emerge kdebase, etc. It took a total of thirty hours. Is that normal? :oops:

How long did it take you to compile it?

EDIT: Okay, scrap that, I thought it was done (caching service dependancies). It's STILL going.

denstark · l33t Joined: 02 Jun 2003 Posts: 654 Location: sd.ca.us

KDE is massive. Its packages take FOREVER to compile. Even on my p4 3.0 GHZ it takes a long time, and even then i only have kdebase and a few other things for k3b. Its entirely normal.
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baitken · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:19 am Post subject:

It took me about 23 hours including xorg. I have a P4 1.4Ghz. You must have an older machine or maybe a ton of stuff in your USE variable or a combination thereof. It's also possible that if KDE was the first thing you emerged then there could be a lot of dependencies that hadn't been installed yet (like xorg).
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newbie89 · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 56

I have an AMD K-6 499MHz

baitken · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:21 am Post subject:

Ha, well there's your problem right there. Just hope the don't have another update every few weeks. I usually like to wait about a week after the package becomes stable for major updates, just so that they don't release a bugfix or two and I have to start all over
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newbie89 · n00b Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 56

okay, it took more or less 40 hours to compile 3.3 (uh oh). I'm not gonna update anytime soon, unless there is a really good reason (i.e. at gunpoint). :wink:

mordred · n00b Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 55

one word:

distcc

if you can :wink:

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