On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 10:22:23 -0500 David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue 13 Mar 2018 at 08:59:00 (+0000), Joe wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 14:13:33 +1100 > > terryc <ter...@woa.com.au> wrote: > > > > > What is a simple spreadsheet program that can be installed under > > > Stretch. I need to do some work quickly > > > > > > hint, if your answer is LibreOffice or similar read the question > > > again. I'm frustrated that the last few time I wanted to do a > > > simple spreadsheet layout, it was easier and faster to craft a > > > LaTex document then try and unfathom LibreOffice methods. > > > > > > > 'The' alternative spreadsheet is gnumeric, but it's some years > > since I used it last. I recall it as being a bit less Excel-like > > than LibreOffice (OpenOffice then) but that might be different now. > > If you don't have any other Gnome stuff, gnumeric is likely to pull > > in quite a lot of dependencies. > > Yes, on a new stretch (print/SSH/standard utilities) with the > following installed already: > > etckeeper cryptsetup dosfstools keyutils gdisk zip apt-show-versions > aptitude boot-info-script bootlogd dkms exim4 firmware-linux flac > fluid-soundfont-gm fluid-soundfont-gs fluidsynth* gpm lame lynx-cur mc > mlocate normalize-audio mutt ntp p7zip-full paps pdftk > printer-driver-cups-pdf putty putty-doc python-doc python3.5-doc > python-reportlab realpath scrot setcd smartmontools sox strace > texlive-luatex* timidity tnef unifont uudeview wicd-curses xournal > xpdf xzgv xzoom youtube-dl* apt-listbugs emacs emacs24-common-non-dfsg > hwdata hwinfo info inxi jpeginfo firmware-ipw2x00 > ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 linux-source alsa-utils arandr aumix-gtk > audacious-plugins audacity evince font-manager fvwm get-flash-videos* > > (where * marks the relatively hungry ones), gnumeric will add: > > hunspell-en-us enchant libaa1 libdv4 libshout3 > gstreamer1.0-plugins-good lp-solve yelp libyelp0 pxlib1 fonts-dejavu > libhyphen0 libsuitesparseconfig4 libgsf-1-114 gnumeric-doc > libgoffice-0.10-10 gnumeric-common gnome-user-guide libaspell15 > yelp-xsl libtag1v5 libgsf-1-common libcolamd2 libenchant1c2a > fonts-dejavu-extra gstreamer1.0-x libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 aspell > libgoffice-0.10-10-common libhunspell-1.4-0 libtag1v5-vanilla gnumeric > libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libxslt1.1 aspell-en > I think you may be collecting 'recommendeds' there. I've had gnumeric installed for many years, and don't have, for example, enchant. -- Joe
