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Originally Posted by krischik
I was wondering about that as well. I guess a MacPort could reduce size significantly. Anybody interested?
Martin
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actually only if you are able to compile the application in question. and then you move your "size-problem" from the application to MacPorts.
I've tried to build Python 2.6.4 on my 10.6, because the binary on the python.org is universal. But the make breaks with:
Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
_bsddb dl gdbm
imageop linuxaudiodev ossaudiodev
readline spwd sunaudiodev
To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name.
and this is just the start because every piece you find and add depends on something other.
So yeah, better to go via MacPorts but then the dependences clutter the system the same.
And Calibre isn't easy to compile either.