From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: OSX to PDF: Minimal Install Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:02:06 -0400 Message-ID: <5790.1351886526@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: <87y5ij4wtm.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38412) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUNRZ-0001lM-V2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:02:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUNRY-0007qK-9w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:02:17 -0400 Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:14301) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUNRY-0007of-3f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:02:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Jambunathan K of "Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:11:09 +0530." <87y5ij4wtm.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Cc: emacs-orgmode Jambunathan K wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > > > Hello, > > > > I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, > > on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB > > download. Is there anything smaller that I could download in order to > > be able to > > export org documents to PDF? > > Install LibreOffice and follow instructions in this thread: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-09/msg00027.html > I did a quick and dirty calculation on my Ubuntu 11.04 system like this: ,---- | $ apt-cache show libreoffice-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += $2;} END {print total;}' | 6026311 | $ apt-cache show texlive-* | grep Installed | awk '{ total += $2;} END {print total;}' | 1419784 `---- So if Nathan objects to 2GB of TeX, I presume 6GB would be 3 (or perhaps 4, given my numbers) times more unacceptable :-) Caveats: o I haven't checked the calculation at all (not even to make sure the units are KB) - but the relative size of the numbers is telling nevertheless. o There may be lots of extraneous packages in the lists that one could omit and that might make a big difference in the final numbers. o Nathan may have Libre Office already installed for other reasons, in which case size considerations are moot. Nick