apt-get install of finch requires X11 (deps wrong)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Pidgin |
Unknown
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Unknown
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pidgin (Debian) |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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pidgin (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin
May be related to 195718?
Package: Finch
#cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
DISTRIB_
# uname -a
2.6.18-
Description:
When installing finch on ubuntu (originally jeos install), there is a huge list of dependencies, most of which are not needed or wanted (x11 dependencies etc).
Package List:
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Initializing package states...
Writing extended state information...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
acl{a} consolekit{a} cpp{a} cpp-4.3{a} dbus{a} dbus-x11{a} defoma{a}
finch fontconfig{a} fontconfig-
gnome-keyring{a} gstreamer0.
gstreamer0.
hal{a} hal-info{a} hdparm{a} hicolor-
libarchive1{a} libasound2{a} libatk1.0-0{a} libatk1.0-data{a}
libavahi-
libavahi-glib1{a} libavc1394-0{a} libbluetooth3{a} libcaca0{a}
libcairo2{a} libcdio-cdda0{a} libcdio-
libcdparanoia0{a} libck-connector0{a} libcups2{a} libdatrie0{a}
libdbus-1-3{a} libdbus-glib-1-2{a} libdrm2{a} libdv4{a} libexif12{a}
libexpat1{a} libffi5{a} libflac8{a} libfontconfig1{a} libfontenc1{a}
libfreetype6{a} libgadu3{a} libgconf2-4{a} libgcr0{a} libgl1-mesa-glx{a}
libglu1-mesa{a} libgmp3c2{a} libgnome-
libgphoto2-2{a} libgphoto2-port0{a} libgstreamer-
libgstreamer0
libgvfscommon0{a} libhal-storage1{a} libhal1{a} libhesiod0{a} libidl0{a}
libiec61883-0{a} libjasper1{a} libltdl7{a} libmeanwhile1{a}
libmpfr1ldbl{a} libnspr4-0d{a} libnss3-1d{a} libogg0{a} liboil0.3{a}
libopenobex1{a} liborbit2{a} libpam-
libpam-
libpciaccess0{a} libperl5.10{a} libpixman-1-0{a} libpolkit-dbus2{a}
libpolkit-
libpurple0{a} libraw1394-8{a} libshout3{a} libsilc-1.1-2{a}
libsmbclient{a} libsmbios2{a} libsoup-
libspeex1{a} libtag1c2a{a} libtalloc1{a} libthai-data{a} libthai0{a}
libtheora0{a} libv4l-0{a} libvisual-0.4-0{a} libvisual-
libvorbis0a{a} libvorbisenc2{a} libwavpack1{a} libwbclient0{a}
libxcb-
libxdamage1{a} libxext6{a} libxfixes3{a} libxfont1{a} libxft2{a}
libxi6{a} libxinerama1{a} libxrandr2{a} libxrender1{a} libxv1{a}
libxxf86vm1{a} libzephyr3{a} obex-data-server{a} pciutils{a}
pidgin-data{a} pm-utils{a} policykit{a} powermgmt-base{a} psmisc{a}
python-dbus{a} python-gobject{a} python-support{a} radeontool{a}
smartdimmer{a} ttf-dejavu{a} ttf-dejavu-core{a} ttf-dejavu-extra{a}
usbutils{a} vbetool{a} x-ttcidfont-conf{a} x11-common{a}
xfonts-
Plus more....
I do not need DBus, x11 things, hal, gstreamer......... I don't use X on this machine.
description: | updated |
Changed in pidgin (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in pidgin (Debian): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → John Kim (epikvision) |
assignee: | John Kim (epikvision) → nobody |
Tried installing on my 9.04 Ubuntu Server machine and balked at the long list of dependencies.
with "--no-recommends" I get a shorter, but equally as bloatful list:
dbus dbus-x11 defoma finch fontconfig fontconfig-config gconf2 gconf2-common 10-nice gstreamer0. 10-plugins- base gstreamer0. 10-plugins- good .10-0 plugins- base0.10- 0 libgstreamer0.10-0 libgtk2.0-0 0-common libpixman-1-0 libproxy0 libpurple0 libraw1394-11
gstreamer0.
libaa1 libatk1.0-0 libavahi-glib1 libavc1394-0 libcaca0 libcairo2
libcdparanoia0 libdatrie1 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libdv4 libflac8 libfontconfig1
libgadu3 libgconf2-4 libgnome-keyring0 libgssdp-1.0-1 libgstfarsight0
libgstreamer-
libgtk2.0-common libgudev-1.0-0 libgupnp-1.0-2 libgupnp-igd-1.0-2 libhal1
libidl0 libiec61883-0 libjasper1 libjpeg62 libmeanwhile1 libnice0
libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libogg0 liboil0.3 liborbit2 libpango1.0-0
libpango1.
libshout3 libsilc-1.1-2 libsilcclient-1.1-3 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1
libspeex1 libsysfs2 libtag1-vanilla libtag1c2a libthai-data libthai0
libtheora0 libtiff4 libts-0.0-0 libv4l-0 libvisual-0.4-0 libvorbis0a
libvorbisenc2 libwavpack1 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-render0 libxcomposite1
libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxrandr2
libxrender1 libxv1 libzephyr4 pidgin-data tsconf ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core
ttf-dejavu-extra