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echo: rberrypi
to: DRUCK
from: THE NATURAL PHILOSOPHER
date: 2019-09-28 16:09:00
subject: Re: apt-get remove perl

On 28/09/2019 11:50, druck wrote:
> On 26/09/2019 10:07, ZOT wrote:
>> Problem with different perl version,
>> I did
>> apt-get remove perl and
>> apache2
>> sendmail
>> mysql
>> cpan
>> got removed as well?
>> Artificial intelligence?
>
> Don't remove any of the popular scripting languages from Linux, many
> other packages depend on them, and you will end up removing a lot of
> important functionality. The scripting languages themselves don't take
> up much room, and there are many bigger packages provided with Raspbian
> that hardly anyone uses, which can be removed to free up space (e.g.
> Wolfram). Alternative just make up a card from the Raspbian lite image.
>
> ---druck
>
If space is limited far better to boot a minimal install and then add
what you need and accept that e.g. apache will pull in PHP and PERL most
likely


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