Public bug reported: Installation of pip appears to bring in a lot of dependencies. Many of us just use pip to make installing python packages easier. It it possible to not bring in g++ and the entire development environment?
# sudo apt-get install python-pip Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-4.8 gcc gcc-4.8 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan0 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libdpkg-perl libfakeroot libfile-fcntllock-perl libgcc-4.8-dev libitm1 libstdc++-4.8-dev linux-libc-dev make manpages-dev python-colorama python-distlib python-html5lib python-requests python-setuptools python-urllib3 Suggested packages: debian-keyring g++-multilib g++-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-doc libstdc++6-4.8-dbg gcc-multilib autoconf automake1.9 libtool flex bison gdb gcc-doc gcc-4.8-multilib gcc-4.8-locales libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg libitm1-dbg libatomic1-dbg libasan0-dbg libtsan0-dbg libbacktrace1-dbg libquadmath0-dbg glibc-doc libstdc++-4.8-doc make-doc python-lxml python-genshi Recommended packages: python-dev-all The following NEW packages will be installed: build-essential dpkg-dev fakeroot g++ g++-4.8 gcc gcc-4.8 libalgorithm-diff-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan0 libatomic1 libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libdpkg-perl libfakeroot libfile-fcntllock-perl libgcc-4.8-dev libitm1 libstdc++-4.8-dev linux-libc-dev make manpages-dev python-colorama python-distlib python-html5lib python-pip python-requests python-setuptools python-urllib3 0 upgraded, 30 newly installed, 0 to remove and 158 not upgraded. Need to get 20.8 MB of archives. After this operation, 71.1 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: python-pip 1.0-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-65.98-generic 3.2.60 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-65-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 27 16:11:10 2014 MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: python-pip UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2013-11-11 (228 days ago) ** Affects: python-pip (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335356 Title: pip install brings in lots of dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1335356/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs