Public bug reported:
Attempted firefox-3.5 install on my Kubuntu 9.04 system today, see apt-
get install output below. It looks like the firefox-3.5 package depends
on A LOT of Gnome packages. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I would
consider this a bug.
# apt-get install firefox-3.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
apturl firefox-3.5-branding gksu gnome-app-install gnome-icon-theme
libcanberra0 libgksu2-0
libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgtkhtml2-0
libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libtdb1
libvte-common libvte9 python-gconf python-gtkhtml2
python-launchpad-integration python-pyorbit
python-sexy python-vte software-properties-gtk synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9.1
Suggested packages:
firefox-3.5-gnome-support libcanberra-gtk0 python-gconf-dbg
python-gnome2-extras-doc
python-launchpad-integration-dbg python-pyorbit-dbg dwww deborphan
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apturl firefox-3.5 firefox-3.5-branding gksu gnome-app-install
gnome-icon-theme libcanberra0 libgksu2-0
libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgtkhtml2-0
libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libtdb1
libvte-common libvte9 python-gconf python-gtkhtml2
python-launchpad-integration python-pyorbit
python-sexy python-vte software-properties-gtk synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9.1
0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.8MB of archives.
After this operation, 72.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.
# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 22:12:12 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
# apt-cache policy firefox-3.5
firefox-3.5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.5~b4~hg20090330r24021+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
Version table:
3.5~b4~hg20090330r24021+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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firefox-3.5 install on Kubuntu requires Gnome packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/395669
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