On Fri, 21 Jun 2019, mpan wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:38:12 > From: mpan <archml-y1vf3axu@xxxxxxx> > Reply-To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: package contents on fresh Arch install, > like python etc... > > > A day back, i made a fresh install of Arch on my desktop. It is completely > > fresh as like it doesnt even have an account other than root. > > My doubt is, wont basic tools like python come in Arch install? or do we > > have to install by ourselves? > You are the administrator. You are choosing what you want to be > installed. The base group contains only the basic tools and their > dependencies. > > > also can anyone give me a brief approximate list of packages that will come > > pre-installed in Arch, other than gnu tools? > pacman -Sg base > > Also, man which If you get a chance the linux cookbook will be informative reading given your new position. --