On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 12:27 PM SAIFI <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 !
What is ATD? > > > 'pacman -S -s gcc' > > shows you all the matching gcc > components. it doesn't say that all the > components will be installed. > Okay > 'sudo pacman -S gcc' > shows you only two packages > gcc-libs > gcc With its dependencies it is showing 172MB will be installed. Where as the GCC <https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/> shows 139MB. Is this size without the dependencies? > 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 ! > Thank you Susarla Nikhilesh
