[Slackbuilds-users] webkitgtk compile time

[Aaditya Bagga]

On 29-07-2014 16:21, bch at shroggslodge.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> Hello SB Users List
>
> I am sorry if I am inappropriately posting with this one, however some 
> comments would be appreciated in any case.
>
> It is currently 3.5 hours since I started compiling the webkitgtk 
> slackbuild.  This is on a quad  core 2.6GHz machine (not the fastest I 
> admit but still).
>
> From searching around, it seems that the usual experience of compiling 
> webkitgtk is not good, but one forum post seemed to suggest 45 mins or 
> so and called that a 'long time'.
>
> I would be interested to know if any one else has compiled and had 
> this 'problem', or is aware of it and if there are any steps I can 
> take in situations like this to limit the compile time.
>
> I'm just getting used to building packages and things and slowly 
> understanding the SlackBuilds process, but nothing has taken this long 
> so far.
>
> Thanks for any comments.
> Habs
>
>
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That's the reason why whenever I compile it, I put it up on:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mefiles/files/Slackware/

You could also find some prebuilt SBo packages (not by me, though I do 
use them sometimes) on:
http://slackonly.com/pub/packages/
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