Comment 0 for bug 395001

Binary package hint: pidgin

May be related to 195718?

Package: Finch
#cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jaunty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.04"

# uname -a
2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen #1 SMP Thu May 7 11:07:18 EDT 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux # (xen kernel)

Description:
When installing finch on this originally jeos install of finch, 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-config{a} gconf2{a} gconf2-common{a}
  gnome-keyring{a} gstreamer0.10-plugins-base{a}
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good{a} gstreamer0.10-x{a} gvfs{a} gvfs-backends{a}
  hal{a} hal-info{a} hdparm{a} hicolor-icon-theme{a} libaa1{a}
  libarchive1{a} libasound2{a} libatk1.0-0{a} libatk1.0-data{a}
  libavahi-client3{a} libavahi-common-data{a} libavahi-common3{a}
  libavahi-glib1{a} libavc1394-0{a} libbluetooth3{a} libcaca0{a}
  libcairo2{a} libcdio-cdda0{a} libcdio-paranoia0{a} libcdio7{a}
  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-keyring0{a} libgp11-0{a}
  libgphoto2-2{a} libgphoto2-port0{a} libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0{a}
  libgstreamer0.10-0{a} libgtk2.0-0{a} libgtk2.0-bin{a} libgtk2.0-common{a}
  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-ck-connector{a}
  libpam-gnome-keyring{a} libpango1.0-0{a} libpango1.0-common{a} libpci3{a}
  libpciaccess0{a} libperl5.10{a} libpixman-1-0{a} libpolkit-dbus2{a}
  libpolkit-grant2{a} libpolkit2{a} libproxy0{a} libpurple-bin{a}
  libpurple0{a} libraw1394-8{a} libshout3{a} libsilc-1.1-2{a}
  libsmbclient{a} libsmbios2{a} libsoup-gnome2.4-1{a} libsoup2.4-1{a}
  libspeex1{a} libtag1c2a{a} libtalloc1{a} libthai-data{a} libthai0{a}
  libtheora0{a} libv4l-0{a} libvisual-0.4-0{a} libvisual-0.4-plugins{a}
  libvorbis0a{a} libvorbisenc2{a} libwavpack1{a} libwbclient0{a}
  libxcb-render-util0{a} libxcb-render0{a} libxcomposite1{a} libxcursor1{a}
  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-encodings{a} xfonts-utils{a}

Plus more....

I do not need DBus, x11 things, hal, gstreamer......... I don't use X on this machine.