On 03/24/2008 03:53 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. No Problem :-) > I asked whether you were running etch because the unstable/testing > version of mediawiki doesn't have dependencies that would pull in the > stuff you're talking about. I've taken a brief look at the stable > version, and I think I see what's happening. You can probably install > links or add --without-recommends to the command-line to get a saner > install. I actually did this, but have still a lot of dependencies: [...] 0 packages upgraded, 71 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 227MB/230MB of archives. After unpacking 564MB will be used. I will take the Debian way. > * Mozilla: iceape-browser gets installed because tetex-doc recommends > it. tetex-doc is recommended by tetex-base, which is > pulled in by tetex-bin. > > This is the cause of most of your problems; if you install > a text-mode browser like links, it will fulfill this > dependency and iceape won't get installed. > > * Gnome/GTK+: pulled in by Mozilla, as far as I can tell. > > * X11: some of these are really necessary. mediawiki-math needs latex > and Ghostscript components, and these depend on X11 libraries > because they manipulate X11 fonts and/or can connect to an X server. > > * Latex: for mediawiki-math. > > * Sound server: I think this is pulled in by Gnome/GTK+. > > * portmap: Pulled in by fam (part of Gnome) thank you > Daniel cheers Simon
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