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LoTeK
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 Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:35 pm Post subject: Gentoo without Perl/Python -> only C and bash |
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hi,
I hope you don't report me as a spammer because it's the third time I'm asking something about my yeeloong installation, but I don't know what to do!! Since my setup is for education only (mips-assembler programming and to gain a better gentoo/linux understanding) I want to have as less packages as possible. Because I didn't managed to install gentoo with the experimental stage4-tarball I've installed it with the desktop-version (xfce) and now I'm on a package-removing crusade 
So far I've removed all X11, gnome, xfce files/libraries and now I don't know if it's save to remove all perl files (virtual/perl-*, perl-core). I know that gentoo is extremly python focused so its probably a stupid question, but is it possible to remove all python files and to use palidus as a package-manager?
if not, is it at least save to remove all perl-files?
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Dingely
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| Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo without Perl/Python -> only C and bash |
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| LoTeK wrote: | hi,
I hope you don't report me as a spammer because it's the third time I'm asking something about my yeeloong installation, but I don't know what to do!! Since my setup is for education only (mips-assembler programming and to gain a better gentoo/linux understanding) I want to have as less packages as possible. Because I didn't managed to install gentoo with the experimental stage4-tarball I've installed it with the desktop-version (xfce) and now I'm on a package-removing crusade
So far I've removed all X11, gnome, xfce files/libraries and now I don't know if it's save to remove all perl files (virtual/perl-*, perl-core). I know that gentoo is extremly python focused so its probably a stupid question, but is it possible to remove all python files and to use palidus as a package-manager?
if not, is it at least save to remove all perl-files? |
I believe 'emerge' is written in and needs python.
You may have to convert all all python to "C".
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VoidMage
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 automake uses perl. |
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simon_irl
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Hi LoTek.
Perl is a pretty basic, standard requirement even for very minimal GNU/Linux setups; and Python is pretty standard too, for any reasonably functional desktop. If you typeyou'll get a list of Gentoo's "system" packages: you probably don't want to be removing the packages in that list unless you want to deliberately break your Gentoo in order to learn how to fix it.
Anyway, Gentoo makes heavy use of Python so if you want to play with a Python-less system, maybe build a LFS box instead. |
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The Doctor
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It sounds like you may want to clean (aka delete) your world file, run depclean, and then re-install any desired packages. This would basically revert to a stage3 install then work back up to an install you actually want to use. That said, its not going to get rid of perl or python as those are required (see above).
Disclamer: I have not tried doing this. I don't honestly know how if it would work.
Use mv /var/lib/portage/world /home/<your user> to move the world file to your home directory. Clean, then install logger + cron + whatever else you want. You can use emerge --noreplace <foo> to stop depclean from removing pieces of your system.
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LoTeK
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I believe 'emerge' is written in and needs python.
You may have to convert all all python to "C". |
yes but I could use paludis.
| Quote: | | Perl is a pretty basic, standard requirement even for very minimal GNU/Linux setups; and Python is pretty standard too, for any reasonably functional desktop. |
I know, but a system without an X-server and no graphical-webbrowser etc isn't a desktop anymore, isn't it?
| Quote: | If you type
emerge -pe system
you'll get a list of Gentoo's "system" packages: you probably don't want to be removing the packages in that list unless you want to deliberately break your Gentoo in order to learn how to fix it. |
thanks, on my amd64 machine this list is not that super big, but has a lot perl/python packages. btw I removed all those packages and of course my system was dead, I couldn't even type in a command
| Quote: | | Anyway, Gentoo makes heavy use of Python so if you want to play with a Python-less system, maybe build a LFS box instead. |
it's just that I thought Gentoo is something like LFS with a package manager and if I'm not able to build such a system I won't be able to build a LFS box. I've downloaded the LFS-book, but it seems they focus on x86, x86_64 machines, so it would be even harder to build a mips-lfs-box.
I've installed parabola linux (a fork from arch with a linux-libre kernel) on my yeeloong and it works without problems, but I have to use systemd (which I pretty like at least at the moment  ) and it's even worse with the number of packages then gentoo.
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It sounds like you may want to clean (aka delete) your world file, run depclean, and then re-install any desired packages. This would basically revert to a stage3 install then work back up to an install you actually want to use. That said, its not going to get rid of perl or python as those are required (see above). |
yes, but I would want to go to a stage1 tarball.
| Quote: | | Use mv /var/lib/portage/world /home/<your user> to move the world file to your home directory. Clean, then install logger + cron + whatever else you want. You can use emerge --noreplace <foo> to stop depclean from removing pieces of your system. |
I will try this idea as soon as I have time.
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wcg
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Do you use git? Git pulls in several perl packages.
You can get by without a gui desktop. When I first installed Gentoo,
I used a desktop profile, but I did not install X, a window manager,
etc. I used it for about 6 months this way while still using an
installed Slackware desktop with kernel 2.4.x on another box
when I needed gui access to the www, to read .pdf and .ps
files, to run gimp or imagemagick, etc. Gentoo will run in
exclusively text mode just fine. (I did have python and perl
installed, python for portage and perl for all of the build scripts,
etc, that use it.)
gets you a long way there right off the top. Check /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc
for stuff to disable in the global USE= flags in /etc/portage/make.profile.
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