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Yashka

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From: Israel

Registered: 2013-03-26

Posts: 240

[SOLVED] question about base-devel

Hi,
Im a newbei to Linux and to Arch.

After my last install, few days ago, i managed to do something that totally wrecked my system.
So I reinstalling. In the Wiki Installation guide, official and unofficial it says

Install the base system

...

# pacstrap -i /mnt base

I wander why the base-devel was removed.

Last edited by Yashka (2013-04-22 14:12:10)

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HalosGhost

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From: Twin Cities, MN

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Re: [SOLVED] question about base-devel

If you want base-devel, install it too. base-devel is very helpful if you intend to build extra packages to add to your system. I always install base-devel on a new install too.

It is a wiki. Edits are welcome.

All the best,

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WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: [SOLVED] question about base-devel

I think that it is probably better to have just 'base' there, as it is really all that is required to install a working system.  Maybe a note indicating the requirement of 'base-devel' for package building would be a better route to take here... though that is also mentioned several times throughout the wiki in places where it is much more relevant information.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED] question about base-devel

Maybe a note indicating the requirement of 'base-devel' for package building would be a better route to take here...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?ti … did=250715
This info was removed.