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| From | Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback |
| Date | 2021-05-14 08:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <CezEm-54X-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Cezbj-4VZ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Vi, 14 mai 21, 02:04:14, Felix Miata wrote: > I wanted to install smplayer. Even though Install-Recommends is false, apt wants > to install mpv, imagemagick-common, and fonts-urw-base35. Does anyone here know > why a video player requires additional fonts instead of using already installed > fonts? What about why more imagemagick is required, or why smplayer can't be used > without mpv installed? smplayer is just an interface, originally for mplayer, but at least on Debian it now prefers mpv. > Total new packages count is 24. Some I suppose must really be required, but these > 3, libdjvulibre* and vapoursynth are all suspect, especially the fonts: > > # dpkg -l | grep fonts > ii fonts-dejavu-core 2.37-2 all Vera font family derivate with additional characters > ii fonts-droid 1:4.4.4r2-6 all handheld device font with extensive style and language support > ii xfonts-encodings 1:1.0.4-2.1 all Encodings for X.Org fonts > ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1.2 all scalable fonts for X > ii xfonts-utils 1:7.7+6 amd64 X Window System font utility programs smplayer doesn't depend directly on these, try 'aptitude why'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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[Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-05-14 08:10 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 08:40 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 09:20 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-14 14:00 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 17:50 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-05-31 05:50 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-31 16:00 +0200
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