firefox installs unnecessary packages when installing on KDE
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
apturl (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
firefox installation is hugely bloated. 123MB, and installs a lot of gnome packages on KDE 4.1. Seen in Kubuntu Intrepid Alpha 5.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install firefox-3.0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
app-install-data apturl docbook-xml gksu gnome-app-install gnome-icon-theme
launchpad-
libgnome2-
libgnomeui-common libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common
liblaunchpad-
libvte9 python-cairo python-gconf python-glade2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2
python-gtkhtml2 python-
python-sexy python-vte scrollkeeper sgml-data software-
synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9
Suggested packages:
docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl docbook-defguide firefox-
latex-xft-fonts libgtk2-perl-doc python-gconf-dbg python-gtk2-doc
python-
python-
python-
libxml2-utils dwww menu deborphan
The following NEW packages will be installed:
app-install-data apturl docbook-xml firefox-3.0 gksu gnome-app-install
gnome-icon-theme launchpad-
libgnome2-
libgnomeui-common libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common
liblaunchpad-
libvte9 python-cairo python-gconf python-glade2 python-gst0.10 python-gtk2
python-gtkhtml2 python-
python-sexy python-vte scrollkeeper sgml-data software-
synaptic ubufox xulrunner-1.9
0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 to remove and 56 not upgraded.
Need to get 29.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 123MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Changed in firefox-3.0: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in firefox-3.0: | |
importance: | Medium → High |
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