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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