If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't need this package.
Of course it will not break the system. Anyway, you are wrong to believe that
"build-essential" is aimed to "compile programs in general". Just read the
first line of the package description:
- [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC pre-instal... lakbk89
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... Michał Masłowski
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... lcerf
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... lakbk89
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with G... lcerf
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come wi... legimet . calc
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with G... tomlukeywood
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... davesamcdxv
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with G... lcerf
- [Trisquel-users] Re : Does Trisquel come w... calinou
- [Trisquel-users] Re : Does Trisquel co... lcerf
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... lakbk89
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... t8mf4nu6lizp
- Re: [Trisquel-users] Does Trisquel come with GCC p... maestro