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Package: gnumeric
Version: 1.9.9-1
I wanted to read a spreadsheet someone sent me, so I tried to install
gnumeric.
It pulled in LOTS and LOTS of packages including a whole heap that are
totally irrelevant.
Here's the list that got pulled in:
The following extra packages will be installed:
acl consolekit evince gnome-icon-theme gvfs hal hal-info hicolor-icon-theme
libck-connector0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libdjvulibre-text libdjvulibre21
libgoffice-0-8 libgoffice-0-8-common libgtk2.0-bin libnautilus-extension1
libpam-ck-connector libpolkit-dbus2 libpolkit-grant2 libpolkit2
libsmbios-bin libsmbios2 libspectre1 libsplashy1 libvolume-id1 pm-utils
policykit powermgmt-base radeontool uswsusp vbetool
Suggested packages:
unrar poppler-data nautilus gnumeric-doc gnumeric-plugins-extra
epiphany-browser ttf-liberation ttf-mscorefonts-installer gvfs-backends
gnome-device-manager libsmbios-doc libspectre1-dbg cpufrequtils
policykit-gnome splashy
The following NEW packages will be installed:
acl consolekit evince gnome-icon-theme gnumeric gvfs hal hal-info
hicolor-icon-theme libck-connector0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libdjvulibre-text
libgoffice-0-8 libgoffice-0-8-common libgtk2.0-bin libnautilus-extension1
libpam-ck-connector libpolkit-dbus2 libpolkit-grant2 libpolkit2
libsmbios-bin libsmbios2 libspectre1 libsplashy1 libvolume-id1 pm-utils
policykit powermgmt-base radeontool uswsusp vbetool
The following packages will be upgraded:
libdjvulibre21
Why does it want to install uswsusp? Or powermgmt-base? Or evince?
or hal? I have xpdf installed as a PDF viewer, and am using TWM and
mostly Athena widget set stuff. This is on a headless box that is up
24x7; I have an Xterminal that I log into. What gives?
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 13:19:42 +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
> I wanted to read a spreadsheet someone sent me, so I tried to install
> gnumeric.
> It pulled in LOTS and LOTS of packages including a whole heap that are
> totally irrelevant.
> Why does it want to install uswsusp? Or powermgmt-base? Or evince?
> or hal?
It does not.
Of the packages you mention, evince is the only direct dependency of
gnumeric and that dependency is not a strict one (being a Recommends rather
than Depends dependency). The reason for this (non-strict) dependency can be
found in the package's changelog.
The others are not direct dependencies of gnumeric, nor are they indirect
strict dependencies of gnumeric, as can be seen e.g. through "apt-cache
dotty gnumeric" or by doing an "apt-get install gnumeric" in a pbuilder sid
chroot environment.
You appear to be using a package management tool which is configured to
install non-strict dependencies (in particular, Recommends); please refer to
the tool's documentation for guidance on how to have it install strict
dependencies only.
If you consider any dependencies of gnumeric's dependencies to be
superfluous, please file a report against the package in question.
As I don't see a bug or actionable item regarding gnumeric here, I'm closing
this report. Should you consider any direct dependency of gnumeric to be
superfluous, please feel free to reopen this report or to open a new one.
Kind regards,
Ray
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