Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!ra.nrl.navy.mil!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Linux distros w/o Python in "base" installation Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:12:33 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1407852753 18740 64.122.56.22 (12 Aug 2014 14:12:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 14:12:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:76115 On 2014-08-12, Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:53 PM, 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. > > Arch has a different idea of “base system”. The base group contains > the most crucial packages needed to run an Arch Linux system, and that > is all. That's true of Gentoo as well, but it includes Python. > And you do not need Python to do so. That's the part that surprised me. It's been a _long_ time since I've run a Linux distro that didn't require Python as a crucial system package. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Those people look at exactly like Donnie and gmail.com Marie Osmond!!