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Remove explicit erlang requirement from pacman install#615

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Remove explicit erlang requirement from pacman install#615
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gleam already has a dependency to erlang-core!

The package naming is somewhat unfortunate: erlang is really "erlang plus a whole bunch of erlang packages including a whole graphical stack"

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lpil commented Mar 7, 2026

We do want people to have the graphical libraries installed by default, otherwise they can't use the debugging and introspection tooling. I agree with the decision to call the package with all the canonical features "Erlang" and the package with only a subset having a more specific name, as then it aligns with upstream.

How much disc space would be saved by using the minimal version and not the full distribution?

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