On Fri, Nov 29, 2024, 8:56 PM Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/11/2024 01:00, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On Fri, 29 Nov 2024, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> As the OP's link explicitly referenced "debian" I used Synaptic's > >>> search function. There were no packages with "Erling" in package > >>> name, but several in description field. > > > > *MY* reference to "Erling" *IS* a typo. I did the tests with "Erlang". > > I used copy-n-paste in tests 'cause I'm a licy tipist ;} > > apt list '~nerlang' > > gives more than 100 package names. > < > https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=bookworm&searchon=names&keywords=erlang > > > adds a warning that not all packages are listed due to excessive number. For some reason which I never understood, the maintainers of erlang chose several years ago to split-up their standard runtime libraries into many separate installable packages. I thought it was not a good idea and I never heard what their rationale was. Since then I build erlang from source rather than use them.
