Re: Please recommend office package on NetBSD

[Swift Griggs <swiftgriggs%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2015, Mayuresh wrote:
> So need a minimal reader for open/MS office files.

Minimal == antiword (converts word docs to text)

Small == abiword (standalone word processors that supports MS DOC[X] 
files)

> Am trying to build misc/libreoffice and somewhere gave up due to 
> dependencies. (I mean why do I need postgresql for above simple 
> purpose)?

Good question. My answer would be "because it's a pig". A less 
inflammatory answer would be that it's because it's needed for it's 
database MS Access clone thing that's included with Libreoffice.

> May be there are other users who face above situation and the 
> frustration. So curious how they work around this.

I hate Word. People can't seem to communicate or accept something in most 
corporate environments unless someone writes it in a Word doc. It's 
ridiculous. There is no reason why text can't be used in 99% of the same 
situations.

> Besides trying to compile, I also tried pkgin, though looks like binary 
> repo doesn't have it.

The newer repos tend to lag behind on builds. I'm not sure why. Some repos 
do have it, though.

> Tried libreoffice4-bin, though looks like it's too big a package.

It works, as long as you have space for the linux emulation stuff that it 
depends on.

> Are there ways, such as increasing more options to cut down 
> functionality in libreoffice?

Not as far as I know.

> Alternatively is there any other package that will be light and quick to 
> install and serve above limited purpose?

Try abword (doc), gnumeric (xls), magicpoint (ppt but not compatible), and 
maybe the koffice stuff will work, too, if that's still around.

-Swift