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Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]

From Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]
Date 2018-07-16 14:20 +0200
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On 07/16/2018 05:14 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:57:32AM +0900, John Crawley wrote:
>> On 2018-07-16 04:33, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> Can I a Debian user opt to not install "LSB" without ill effects?
>>
>> Some ...er, many Debian packages depend on lsb-base.
>> 'apt-cache rdepends lsb-base' for a long list.
> 
> Yes, but in that case installing one of those packages will install 
> lsb-base automatically. Personally, I don't see any reason for the 
> average user to /manually/ install any part of LSB.
> 

That raises a general question of installer priorities - is it installed 
by default. I need to go re-read installer documentation.
When I did 'apt-cache --installed rdepends lsb-base' it showed packages 
which I explicitly use on a daily basis.

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  Re: Debian got too fat? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 13:50 +0200
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      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 22:10 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-07-17 04:00 +0200
      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-15 23:00 +0200
      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-07-16 04:00 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-07-16 12:20 +0200
          Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 14:20 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-16 16:00 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 14:10 +0200
          Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-16 14:50 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 15:10 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 15:20 +0200
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                Re: Differences between installs (was: Naive newbie question [Re:  Debian got too fat?]) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-18 10:30 +0200
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