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Subject: Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation
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On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 12:23:57 AM UTC+5:30, Grant Edwards wrote:
> I just installed Arch Linux for the first time, and was surprosed to
> find that Python isn't installed as part of a "base" system.  It's
> also not included in the 'base-devel' package group.  It's trivial to
> install, but I'd still pretty surprised it's not there by default.  I
> guess I've spent too much time with Gentoo, Debian, and RedHat
> derivitives which require Python be installed.

> I've probably used at least a dozen Linux distros over the years, and
> this is the first time I've noticed that Python wasn't installed by
> default.

> Just for the sake of curiosity, are there any other significant
> desktop/server Linux distros that don't come "out of the box" with
> Python?

I see on my system (debian Jessie aka 'testing') these packages installed:

lsb,
lsb-{base,core,cxx,desktop,graphics,languages,
     multimedia,printing,release,security}

Dont remember the details but I think I had to install one/some maybe
(just lsb?) and that installed all the others.