On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:33:27 -0500 irlandes <brucemcgov...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here is the list of LyX dependencies on 10.04, list obtained by > apt-get remove and then cancel: > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > texlive-extra-utils texlive-base texlive-pictures-doc > texlive-fonts-recommended doc-base texlive-pstricks-doc dvipng lmodern > texlive-common > texlive-latex-extra-doc libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a texlive-pstricks > luatex preview-latex-style ttf-lyx prosper tipa > texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base-doc libkpathsea5 > libboost-signals1.40.0 libt1-5 libaiksaurus-1.2-data > texlive-latex-extra texlive-binaries lyx-common libmldbm-perl > libuuid-perl pgf texlive-latex-recommended > texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base > texlive-fonts-recommended-doc libfreezethaw-perl ps2eps latex-beamer > texlive-luatex texlive-font-utils latex-xcolor texlive-doc-base > tex-common lacheck texlive-pictures > > > > I remember LyX as having a really big download, but don't have a > computer to dink with. I have used LyX to produce a book. > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:04:25 +0300 > > From: "Merhebi, Bob" <bobmerh...@gmail.com> > > To: ubuntu-qa@lists.ubuntu.com > > Subject: LyX in Precise: too big > > Message-ID: <4f7b57c9.9060...@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hello guys, > > > > Today I thought i'd install LyX to test it out on Precise, but I was > > shocked with its download size. I didn't install!!! > > > > Here's what I asked in the LyX mailing list: > > > > I've been testing Ubuntu12.04 lately & just now I > > was thinking of using LyX on it. TO my big surprise the LyX > > requires a large download of ~450 MB+. I am shocked!!! IS that the > > true size? If not mistaken I recall that on 10.04 it required ~ > > 25MB. Am I mistaken? Is there something wrong? > > > > And here's two replies I got: > > > > 1) The download from Ubuntu was probably a debug build. These > > are much larger than the release build. You might want to contact > > the Ubuntu project and let them know that the build is much larger > > than expected. > > > > Another idea is that they may have changed the LaTeX > > dependencies. If so, it might be downloading a lot of extra TeX > > packages that aren't needed. > > > > Regardless, I would definitely get in touch with the Ubuntu > > project. To the best of my knowledge, they don't subscribe to this > > list, and it's something that they will want to hear about. > > > > > > 2) I am also suspecting that your total download size contains > > a bunch of LaTeX dependencies > > > > It is worth noting that LyX 2.0.3 that is currently installed on my > > Lucid (by ppa) has a total size of 10.5MB, while that in Precise's > > Software Center is about 450MB (download) & 700MB+ (install). > > > > So I thought I'd get your thoughts on this & on how to proceed! Who > > & how (launchpad?) should be notified about this? > > The actual DEPENDency list for Lyx is quite small: [cerdea-aws]cerdea@xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends lyx | grep Depend Depends: libboost-regex1.46.1 Depends: libboost-signals1.46.1 Depends: libc6 Depends: libenchant1c2a Depends: libgcc1 Depends: libmythes-1.2-0 Depends: libqtcore4 Depends: libqtgui4 Depends: libstdc++6 Depends: zlib1g Depends: lyx-common Depends: xdg-utils PreDepends: dpkg [cerdea-aws]cerdea@xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends lyx-common | grep Depend Depends: tex-common Depends: python PreDepends: dpkg [cerdea-aws]cerdea@xango4-wired:~$ apt-cache depends tex-common | grep Depend |Depends: debconf Depends: <debconf-2.0> Depends: ucf |Depends: debconf Depends: cdebconf Depends: dpkg [cerdea-aws]cerdea@xango4-wired:~$ Also, some of the above are already present (like dpkg, libc6, etc). Now, if you are set to automatically install 'Recommends'... the indeed you are going to have a much larger install, since part of TeX will also be installed (and yes, it is BIG). My LyX install cannot be used as a sample, since I run SVN head and build it locally (with debug symbols). Cheers, ..C..
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