I have followed this discussion. Here is what I did some two years ago:
1. I knew from previous builds that if GIMP could be installed properly, many important other things would be there.
2. So I made up a spreadsheet of dendencies for the purpose. The cells representing required dependencies I shaded red and the optionals I shaded orange.
3. Then I began to install packages with no dependencies. One a package was installed I hid the corresponding row and column. In this way I went through the spreadsheet recursively as new clean packages emerged. In the end only the circular dependencies remained. Not many of them.
There is, of course a catch-22 in this. I built, not from an existing linux distribution, but from KNOPPIX so the spreadsheet could be consulted throughout. Otherwise one might need a second machine just for the spreadsheet.
The spreadsheet I made is attached as an example. I hope this will lead to better ideas. Niko Sauer
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