On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 08:54:02AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Let's throw some data into this discussion: > > LXDE is a rather minimalistic desktop. IceWM is an example of a > resonable (not-so-bloated) window manager. > > $ aptitude why lxde perl ... It looked good but you are missing basic point ??? perl-base is Essential: yes Priority: required So it must be there even if dependency is not declared. Osamu