Requesting for [base-devel] packages information

Question

Hi, I have read alot of threads related to this but I think its not yet clear...My arch installer gives me the "base-devel" from "Select Package Categories"...What I would like to know is the package information of every package on the list.  Since my netbook has only 8gb of SSD, I can't waste space for unnecessary packages...:( Thanks in advance
Last edited by kaola_linux (2009-02-03 11:00:37)

Answer 1

#!/bin/bash
for i in $( pacman -Sgq base-devel ); do
pacman -Qis ^${i}$
done
local/autoconf 2.63-1 (base-devel)
    A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
local/automake 1.10.2-1 (base-devel)
    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
local/bin86 0.16.17-3 (base-devel)
    A complete 8086 assembler and loader
local/bison 2.4.1-1 (base-devel)
    The GNU general-purpose parser generator
local/ed 1.1-2 (base-devel)
    A POSIX-compliant line editor
local/fakeroot 1.12.1-1 (base-devel)
    Gives a fake root environment, useful for building packages as a non-privileged user
local/flex 2.5.35-1 (base-devel)
    A tool for generating text-scanning programs
local/gcc 4.3.3-1 (base-devel)
    The GNU Compiler Collection
local/libtool 2.2.6a-1 (base-devel)
    A generic library support script
local/m4 1.4.12-1 (base-devel)
    m4 macro processor
local/make 3.81-3 (base-devel)
    GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs
local/patch 2.5.9-1 (base-devel)
    A utility to apply patch files to original sources
local/pkgconfig 0.23-1 (base-devel)
    A system for managing library compile/link flags