Bug#392517: 55MB ? Luxury !
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
tetex-base tetex-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
context libaudacious5 libdatrie0 libhunspell-1.1-0 libmcs1 libmms0 libpq5
libthai-data libthai0 postgresql-8.2 postgresql-client-8.2 python-gobject
texlive texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-bibtex-extra texlive-common
texlive-doc-base texlive-font-utils texlive-fonts-extra
texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-generic-recommended texlive-lang-croatian
texlive-lang-cyrillic texlive-lang-czechslovak texlive-lang-danish
texlive-lang-dutch texlive-lang-finnish texlive-lang-french
texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-greek texlive-lang-hungarian texlive-lang-italian
texlive-lang-latin texlive-lang-mongolian texlive-lang-norwegian
texlive-lang-other texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish
texlive-lang-swedish texlive-lang-vietnamese texlive-latex-base
texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-math-extra texlive-metapost
texlive-pictures texlive-pstricks texlive-publishers
The following packages have been kept back:
gdal-bin grass locales
The following packages will be upgraded:
audacious audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-extra file-roller
firefox-gnome-support gnome-utils gnomebaker gtk2-engines iceape-browser
iceape-calendar iceape-gnome-support iceweasel iceweasel-gnome-support
libnotify1 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libpq-dev libpq4 mozilla-firefox pan
postgresql postgresql-client python-glade2 python-gtk2 tetex-bin tetex-extra
zenity
27 upgraded, 50 newly installed, 2 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 353MB of archives.
After unpacking 472MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
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Ok, so it's not all texlive but surely the proportion of users that need every
available language installed in vanishingly small ?
Further, as far as I can see the tex system in installed by default to display
manpages. If tex is so good at typesetting why do manpages always appear in 80
column fixed width style ?
Given that manpages always appear in 80 column fixed width form couldn't
something a little leaner be used to display them and thus consign this
behemoth to those specialists that use it's vast powers.
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regards
Mark Robinson
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