xfce compile why so big ? (50 MB)
 

I compiled xfce 4.2.2 under Slackware 10.1 , everything is very good
but i see xfce-4.2.0 package 9 MB but my xfce-4.2.2 is 50 MB
yes, a new version ! but not all from that,
the binarys are very big , as you will see in that file

xfce4-menueditor ---> 72492 bytes on 4.2.0 but 1532974 bytes.

can any one tell me why is that big difference ? and how can i compact it.

Thanks

Ramazan YAĞMUR

Strip the executables and libraries.

man strip

short but usefull answer.

now it is 11MB so this is normal size.

thanks

Ramazan YAĞMUR

Just curious, the xfce4-menueditor binary has a file size of 11MB ?

no ! now all the package xfce-4.2.2 is 11MB