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> ...that seemingly simple programs need to pull a mind boggling amount of dependencies you really start to question the state of the software world Recent jaw
by zh3 5y ago
> ...that seemingly simple programs need to pull a mind boggling amount of dependencies you really start to question the state of the software world
Recent jawdrop: 'apt-get install asciidoc' on a pi needs to pull 189 packages, will use 889Mb of additional disk space.
- mayli 5y agodue to depends on latex and friends.
- arthur6667 5y agoMaybe you already know, but in case not or someone else needs this: try with --no-install-recommends, it skips a lot of bs. I don't recall exactly what it was, but I remember installing something like a tiny library and it wanted to also install mysql-server or something like that >_<
- hansel_der 5y agois good advice for any system not operated by a novice echo "APT { Install-Recommends \"false\"; }" >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90norecommendsthxby
- sameerds 5y agoWhy is that not good advice for a novice too? I do this by reflex every time I install Debian or Ubuntu, and to my experience it did not create a situation that needed "expertise in apt".