Re: Nepomuk wants virtuoso soprano

[Jiří Paleček <jpalecek@web.de>]

On Thu, 20 May 2010 12:40:01 +0200, Schelstraete Bart  
<bart@schelstraete.org> wrote:

> > Also, is it just me or do other folk here also find that KDE seems to be
> > pulling in loads of dependencies ... databases, nepomuk (which wants
> > virtuoso soprano), etc. just to operate? Seems like a lot of overhead is
> > required to prop up KDE4.* these days.
>
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> Who says that  you need virtuoso to run KDE4?

KDE4 when it starts...

> If you don't need it, you don't install it.

nepomukserver is contained in kdebase-runtime. There is a dependency on  
kdebase-runtime in almost every kde4 package.

> It's like installing debian with Oracle, and afterwards complain that  
> Debian needs Oracle... sigh...

Except for the dependency and stuff, yes. And your post is like sticking  
your head in the sand and then telling us what you've read.

Jiří Paleček
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>  
> -----Original message-----
> From: AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>
> Sent: Thu 20-05-2010 10:30
> To: debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>;
> Subject: Nepomuk wants virtuoso soprano
>
> Hi all
>
> Although I am logging into Gnome DE on an up-to-date Squeeze system, I
> receive a message at login that declares Nepomuk requires virtuoso
> soprano to work.  Having looked nepomuk up via Google, it seems like it
> is something from our KDE friends, but using apt-cache search I don't
> see anything called virtuoso soprano to draw down to satisfy nepomuk.
>
> My question is: how does one satisfy nepomuk and/ or is nepomuk even
> necessary?
>
> Also, is it just me or do other folk here also find that KDE seems to be
> pulling in loads of dependencies ... databases, nepomuk (which wants
> virtuoso soprano), etc. just to operate? Seems like a lot of overhead is
> required to prop up KDE4.* these days.
>
> Anyway, any suggestions re: the nepomuk issue?
>
> Cheers
>
> AG



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