On Tue, 5 May 2020, Nikhilesh Susarla wrote:
I tried to install gcc :
pacman -S -s gcc
This command shows that it would install gcc-ada, gcc-d and so on.
The installed size it shows is 174MB.
But in arch site, gcc and its dependencies if installed the size is 139.3 MB
gcc-libs are already installed.
So, how do I install the minimum?
ATD required !
'pacman -S -s gcc'
shows you all the matching gcc
components. it doesn't say that all the
components will be installed.
'sudo pacman -S gcc'
shows you only two packages
gcc-libs
gcc
these two packages will be installed.
Should 'gcc-libs' already be installed,
pacman will proceed with 'gcc'
installation.
Arch Linux by design is 'minimalistic'.
As a result pacman always installs the
minimum !
warm regards
Saifi.
