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$ apt-cache depends lightdm-kde-greeter
lightdm-kde-greeter
|Depends: debconf
Depends: <debconf-2.0>
cdebconf
debconf
Depends: kde-runtime
Depends: libc6
Depends: libgcc1
Depends: libkdeclarative5
Depends: libkdecore5
Depends: libkdeui5
Depends: libkio5
Depends: liblightdm-qt-2-0
Depends: libplasma3
Depends: libqt4-declarative
Depends: libqtcore4
Depends: libqtgui4
Depends: libstdc++6
Recommends: lightdm
$ apt-cache depends lightdm
lightdm
|Depends: debconf
Depends: <debconf-2.0>
cdebconf
debconf
Depends: <upstart-job>
upstart
Depends: libc6
Depends: libglib2.0-0
Depends: libpam0g
Depends: libxcb1
Depends: libxdmcp6
Depends: libpam-runtime
Depends: libpam-modules
Depends: adduser
Depends: libglib2.0-bin
Depends: dbus
PreDepends: dpkg
Recommends: xserver-xorg
|Recommends: unity-greeter
Recommends: <lightdm-greeter>
lightdm-kde-greeter
lightdm-gtk-greeter
lightdm-webkit-greeter
unity-greeter
Conflicts: <liblightdm-gobject-0-0>
Conflicts: <liblightdm-qt-0-0>
$ apt-cache depends lightdm
lightdm
|Depends: debconf
Depends: <debconf-2.0>
cdebconf
debconf
Depends: <upstart-job>
upstart
Depends: libc6
Depends: libglib2.0-0
Depends: libpam0g
Depends: libxcb1
Depends: libxdmcp6
Depends: libpam-runtime
Depends: libpam-modules
Depends: adduser
Depends: libglib2.0-bin
Depends: dbus
PreDepends: dpkg
Recommends: xserver-xorg
|Recommends: unity-greeter
Recommends: <lightdm-greeter>
lightdm-kde-greeter
lightdm-gtk-greeter
lightdm-webkit-greeter
unity-greeter
Conflicts: <liblightdm-gobject-0-0>
Conflicts: <liblightdm-qt-0-0>
BTW, I tried to replicate your list on a clean system and didn't get
nearly so many packages, so I'm not sure exactly what's up.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993606
Title:
package installs unnecessary dependencies (review dependencies)
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in “lightdm-kde” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Installation of lightdm-kde-greeter installs many unnecessary dependencies,
it installs around 98 packages, you can see the list of the installed
dependencies in the screenshots I am attaching.
The problem is that unity-greeter and many other Gnome stuff is also
installed.
Please review ligthdm depencendies.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: lightdm-kde-greeter 0.1.1-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 3 00:27:54 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
(20120423)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_ES
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lightdm-kde
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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