I want boinc-manager to control remote clients, but the dependencies are ridiculous.
The install also bring boinc-client, which I do not want, and even bluez: I have no idea why I would need Bluetooth support for the BOINC Manager!
$ sudo apt-get install boinc-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
bluez bluez-alsa:i386 boinc-client glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libjasper1:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libwxbase2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-0 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxft2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxv1:i386 mysql-common odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386
Suggested packages:
boinc-app-seti libcuda1 libcuda1-ia32 murrine-themes:i386 kde-config-gtk-style:i386 libpam-ldap:i386 libpam-winbind:i386 libnss-ldap:i386 libroar1:i386 libsndio0:i386 roaraudio-server:i386 nas:i386 libcanberra-pulse:i386 libdv-bin:i386 pulseaudio-esound-compat:i386 gnome-keyring:i386 libjasper-runtime:i386 liblcms-utils:i386 libmyodbc:i386 odbc-postgresql:i386 tdsodbc:i386 unixodbc-bin:i386 ttf-baekmuk:i386 ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp:i386 ttf-arphic-gkai00mp:i386 ttf-arphic-bkai00mp:i386 libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel:i386 libqt4-declarative-gestures:i386 libqt4-declarative-particles:i386 libqt4-declarative-shaders:i386 qt4-qmlviewer:i386 libqt4-dev:i386 qt4-qtconfig:i386 libraw1394-doc:i386 librsvg2-bin:i386 speex:i386 libgnomeprintui2.2-0
Recommended packages:
ia32-libs-gtk
The following NEW packages will be installed
bluez bluez-alsa:i386 boinc-client boinc-manager glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 gvfs:i386 gvfs-libs:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 libaa1:i386 libacl1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao-common libao4:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libattr1:i386 libaudio2:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libbz2-1.0:i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcdparanoia0:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdatrie1:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libjasper1:i386 liblcms1:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libmng1:i386 libmysqlclient18:i386 libncursesw5:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-declarative:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-script:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-sql:i386 libqt4-sql-mysql:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libshout3:i386 libslang2:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtdb1:i386 libthai0:i386 libtheora0:i386 libudev0:i386 libunistring0:i386 libvisual-0.4-0:i386 libvisual-0.4-plugins:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libwxbase2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-0 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxft2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxss1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxv1:i386 mysql-common odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386
0 upgraded, 129 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 47.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 159 MB of additional disk space will be used.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: boinc-manager 7.0.27+dfsg-5ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 12 22:21:53 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: boinc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Debian Testing has nowhere near as many dependencies.