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From: | David Masterson |
Subject: | Re: Resources for an old newbie ? |
Date: | Sun, 04 Jun 2023 15:36:43 -0700 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes: > David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes: > >> Agreed to both of you. Installing the dependencies via the standard >> system package manager gives you the (illusionary?) feeling that the >> dependencies are okay with everything else on the system. > > Dunno about the feelings - but the package managers job is to _ensure_ > that dependencies are ok. There can be conflicts that have to be > resolved (before anything is changed on disk). Then you should > keep an eye on what you are doing or what the automatic resolver > suggests - before confirming a suggestion that will remove the complete > desktop environment you are just using at the moment. > > Nothing will just break because you install some additional packages. > That's just - feelings. :-) >> Building yourself is time consuming (especially on a Chromebook! [CBs go >> to sleep when you walk away!]) and increases diisk space usage. > > You can use the -j switch to build using multiple CPUs in parallel (when > you have them). I am using "make -j4" and that builds Emacs completely > in few minutes on a really old Laptop. A rebuild is often much faster > anyway (when not everything has to be build from scratch). True. I'll play with "-j". -- David Masterson
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