Please remove wolfram-enginge and related packages

piplayah

I am currently dealing with a “package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.” problem. It is due to a faulty installation of wolfram-engine.

As far as I know, PiPlay is meant to be a distribution that focuses on emulation :)
Is the Wolfram Engine really necessary? The install package takes up close to 500 MB (not counting any possible dependencies) and it seems dumb to bloat a distribution meant to be run on perhaps small 4 GB sd cards.

Is Wolfram Alpha just something leftover from the Raspbian distro?

piplayah

I've already solved the problem btw... it just made me think about whether any emulators actually use that package.

englischdude

would it be possible to do this:

http://henryranch.net/hardware/raspberry-pi-remove-wolfram-and-reclaim-some-space/

without having any negative influence on piplay?

englischdude

thanks,
once the new update is out I will flash a new disk and try this.

Regards
Martin

krayzielilsmoki

Can we get this baked into the next update if its not too late?

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