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Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback



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
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