Re: Java in Debian 5
2009/2/22 Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>:
> I was actually surprised by the fact that I apparently had a bunch of
> java stuff marked as manually installed. I run aptitude without
> automatic installation of recommends, and I have no idea when I would
> have marked stuff like 'libxom-java' or 'bsh' (BeanShell) as manually
> installed, since I'm not a java dev.
Stuff tends to build up over time. It happens under linux but nowhere
at the speed that I used to find the same thing happening under
Windows.
> I have nothing against it, since it's FLOSS, but I'd rather not have a
> bunch of stuff on my system for functionality that I don't use. And
> with the greatness that's Debian, if I ever *do* need it, it's only a
> quick and easy 'aptitude install' away.
Isn't that the truth :-)
Adrian
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24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths?
<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
apartment it is.
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