Package: gnumeric Version: 1.9.9-1 I wanted to read a spreadsheet someone sent me, so I tried to install gnumeric. It pulled in LOTS and LOTS of packages including a whole heap that are totally irrelevant.
Here's the list that got pulled in: The following extra packages will be installed: acl consolekit evince gnome-icon-theme gvfs hal hal-info hicolor-icon-theme libck-connector0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libdjvulibre-text libdjvulibre21 libgoffice-0-8 libgoffice-0-8-common libgtk2.0-bin libnautilus-extension1 libpam-ck-connector libpolkit-dbus2 libpolkit-grant2 libpolkit2 libsmbios-bin libsmbios2 libspectre1 libsplashy1 libvolume-id1 pm-utils policykit powermgmt-base radeontool uswsusp vbetool Suggested packages: unrar poppler-data nautilus gnumeric-doc gnumeric-plugins-extra epiphany-browser ttf-liberation ttf-mscorefonts-installer gvfs-backends gnome-device-manager libsmbios-doc libspectre1-dbg cpufrequtils policykit-gnome splashy The following NEW packages will be installed: acl consolekit evince gnome-icon-theme gnumeric gvfs hal hal-info hicolor-icon-theme libck-connector0 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libdjvulibre-text libgoffice-0-8 libgoffice-0-8-common libgtk2.0-bin libnautilus-extension1 libpam-ck-connector libpolkit-dbus2 libpolkit-grant2 libpolkit2 libsmbios-bin libsmbios2 libspectre1 libsplashy1 libvolume-id1 pm-utils policykit powermgmt-base radeontool uswsusp vbetool The following packages will be upgraded: libdjvulibre21 Why does it want to install uswsusp? Or powermgmt-base? Or evince? or hal? I have xpdf installed as a PDF viewer, and am using TWM and mostly Athena widget set stuff. This is on a headless box that is up 24x7; I have an Xterminal that I log into. What gives? -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia A university is a non-profit organisation only in the sense that it spends everything it gets ... Luca Turin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
