On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 09:17:18AM +0800, 明覺 wrote: > I want to keep the programs in my system all written in c/c++, no > python or perl or any other programming languages, is it possible to > reach it? I removed the 2 packages, python and perl, from my system, > and of cause, I losed my desktop, is it possible to install a desktop > manager without perl and python? which is the proper desktop manager? > thanks
Let's throw some data into this discussion: LXDE is a rather minimalistic desktop. IceWM is an example of a resonable (not-so-bloated) window manager. $ aptitude why lxde perl i lxde Depends xarchiver i A xarchiver Depends libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.3) i A libpango1.0-0 Depends libpango1.0-common (>= 1.20.5-3+lenny1) i A libpango1.0-common Depends defoma (>= 0.11.1) i A defoma Depends perl (>= 5.6.0-16) $ aptitude why icewm perl i icewm Depends libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) i A libfontconfig1 Depends fontconfig-config (= 2.6.0-3) i A fontconfig-conf Depends ttf-dejavu | ttf-bitstream-vera | ttf-freefont | gsf ig onts-x11 i A ttf-freefont Depends defoma i A defoma Depends perl (>= 5.6.0-16) So on the client side the dependency is basically due to defoma (DEbian FOnts MAnager). On the server side: $ aptitude why xserver-xorg perl i A xserver-xorg Depends xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.4-3) i A xserver-xorg-core Depends libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2) i A libdbus-1-3 Recommends dbus i A dbus Depends adduser i adduser Suggests perl-modules i perl-modules Depends perl (>= 5.10.0-1) In this case we don't have a strict dependency. Not even a recommendation. 'adduser' preffers to have a more complete perl installation around. But, well, this is slightly the wrong question (or the right. Depending on how you think about it). 'perl' and 'perl-modules' include most of the bloat of the perl package that should not get into the base system. If we slightly rephrase the question, to satisfy the purists: $ aptitude why lxde perl-base i lxde Depends lxde-core (>= 0.3.2.1+svn20080509-5) i A lxde-core Depends pcmanfm (>= 0.3.9.5) i A pcmanfm Depends hal i A hal Depends adduser i adduser Depends perl-base (>= 5.6.0) $ aptitude why icewm perl-base i icewm Depends libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0) i A libfontconfig1 Depends fontconfig-config (= 2.6.0-3) i A fontconfig-config Depends ucf (>= 0.29) i A ucf Depends debconf (>= 1.5.19) i debconf PreDepends perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4) Or to make things clear: $ aptitude why xserver-xorg perl-base i A xserver-xorg Depends debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 i debconf PreDepends perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4) Debconf needs perl. And you won't have much of a Debian system without debconf. I wouldn't try removing that one. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
