Hi Ann. You did it fine. Also include the sources for your kernel, not just the compiled binaries so you can rebuild it if you require it. Also install gcc-2.95 not 3.0 or higher. This is because there are bugs in the linker which will break some packages I have tried to install. Ghostscript was one of these. I got gcc-2.95.2, got it up and running with no problems. Now just have to read the docs to figure out how to spool jobs to my hp printer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Why does it need that much hard disk space? > Hi Buddy, > > Nope, you explained it very well indeed. Now, care to take the next > step, which I am not knowledgeable enough to try? Send a short list > of the things that are *really* needed in a Linux installation. > > Lemme see if I can start. > > First, you need the kernel. > > then you need some kind of editor, VI Emax whatever, an editor. > > You'll probably want the C libraries for yourself, or for anyone > tinkering on your system. > > You'll want Lynx and its attendant libraries. > > You'll want the curses stuff too. > > You'll want the alsa stuff for your sound card and its attendant > stuff. > > You'll want a mailer, Pine, MUT or something. > > You'll want the stuff for your network card if you have one or the PPP > stuff for dialup. > > That should do you, I think. Have I forgotten anything, Buddy? > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
