ImageMagick (IM) seems to be needed (at least on XFCE desktop) for the PDF printer (cups-filters). There are many apparent rdepends of IM, from a2ps and devede to inkscape and sunclock.
ImageMagick in Debian stable is a bit of a bush pig, dominating the /usr/bin default PATH namespace with a number of excessively generic verbs. Although the files are apparently strictly versioned: /usr/bin/animate-im6.q16 /usr/bin/compare-im6.q16 /usr/bin/composite-im6.q16 /usr/bin/conjure-im6.q16 /usr/bin/convert-im6.q16 /usr/bin/display-im6.q16 /usr/bin/identify-im6.q16 /usr/bin/import-im6.q16 /usr/bin/mogrify-im6.q16 /usr/bin/montage-im6.q16 /usr/bin/stream-im6.q16 , alternatives are put in place: /usr/bin/animate -> /etc/alternatives/animate /usr/bin/animate-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/animate-im6 /usr/bin/animate-im6.q16 /usr/bin/compare -> /etc/alternatives/compare /usr/bin/compare-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/compare-im6 /usr/bin/compare-im6.q16 /usr/bin/composite -> /etc/alternatives/composite /usr/bin/composite-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/composite-im6 /usr/bin/composite-im6.q16 /usr/bin/conjure -> /etc/alternatives/conjure /usr/bin/conjure-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/conjure-im6 /usr/bin/conjure-im6.q16 /usr/bin/convert -> /etc/alternatives/convert /usr/bin/convert-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/convert-im6 /usr/bin/convert-im6.q16 /usr/bin/display -> /etc/alternatives/display /usr/bin/display-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/display-im6 /usr/bin/display-im6.q16 /usr/bin/identify -> /etc/alternatives/identify /usr/bin/identify-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/identify-im6 /usr/bin/identify-im6.q16 /usr/bin/import -> /etc/alternatives/import /usr/bin/import-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/import-im6 /usr/bin/import-im6.q16 /usr/bin/mogrify -> /etc/alternatives/mogrify /usr/bin/mogrify-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/mogrify-im6 /usr/bin/mogrify-im6.q16 /usr/bin/montage -> /etc/alternatives/montage /usr/bin/montage-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/montage-im6 /usr/bin/montage-im6.q16 /usr/bin/stream -> /etc/alternatives/stream /usr/bin/stream-im6 -> /etc/alternatives/stream-im6 /usr/bin/stream-im6.q16 There is no "magick" command (or alternative), yet it seems as though there is meant to be a "magick" program: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-tools.php Perhaps this "magick" command is only available in newer versions of ImageMagick? Anyway, "import" gets in the way, and others such as "convert", "stream", "identify" and "display" really dominate those respective generic namespaces, and in this particular case, are directly obstructing: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906674 "Alternatives" provides for choosing amongst "functionally the same" alternatives, or "deleting" the generic name. My question is, can I safely remove the symbolic link "generic" names applied by the IM package, or IM's reverse dependencies going to bite me? TIA,
