From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: OSX to PDF: Minimal Install Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:27:37 +0530 Message-ID: <878vajut2m.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y5ij4wtm.fsf@gmail.com> <5790.1351886526@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46790) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUWhn-0002kB-Py for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:55:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUWhm-0006eP-J5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:55:39 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com ([209.85.160.41]:36352) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TUWhm-0006eL-Bl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:55:38 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id rq2so3054675pbb.0 for ; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:55:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5790.1351886526@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> (Nick Dokos's message of "Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:02:06 -0400") 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: emacs-orgmode Nick Dokos writes: > 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 :-) According to these links: http://www.libreoffice.org/download (This lands in x86/Debian page) http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.6.3/deb/x86/LibO_3.6.3_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz.mirrorlist the size of the package is 154M (161632133 bytes). > > 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 > > > > > --