Because Slackware doesn’t have dependency resolution in the base system.
Additional software you install from slackbuilds includes dependency info, but dependencies that are in the base system aren’t mentioned.
The maintainers test against a full installation and anyone giving support assumes you have a full system.
You can do a more minimal install but then you’re on your own. Similar to installing Arch without following the wiki.
Thank you for the great reply. I am not saying one way is better but coming from Debian that was very foreign to me. I have a lot of respect for Slackware and people who use it.
Because Slackware doesn’t have dependency resolution in the base system.
Additional software you install from slackbuilds includes dependency info, but dependencies that are in the base system aren’t mentioned.
The maintainers test against a full installation and anyone giving support assumes you have a full system. You can do a more minimal install but then you’re on your own. Similar to installing Arch without following the wiki.
Thank you for the great reply. I am not saying one way is better but coming from Debian that was very foreign to me. I have a lot of respect for Slackware and people who use it.