On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 09:15:22AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > it is not clear which version of Debian you are using.
See, this *right here* is why you do not put important details only in the Subject: header. Some people don't read Subject: headers. Make sure all of the relevant details are in the *body* of your message (also). As far as the original question goes, the suggestion to track it down in reverse with "aptitude why" is a valid one. It only works for the OP, though. The rest of us have to attack the problem recursively, top down. unicorn:~$ apt-cache show smplayer | egrep 'Depends|Suggests|Recommends' Depends: mpv (>= 0.6.2) | mplayer, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.14.1), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.14.1) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.14.1), libqt5network5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.14.1), libqt5xml5 (>= 5.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libx11-6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: smplayer-themes, smplayer-l10n Now we try to guess which one(s) of those might have brought in the additional packages that weren't wanted. This is made harder by not knowing in advance whether the OP had mpv or mplayer already installed, and not seeing the actual output of the "apt install smplayer" command that was used. (That would have made it far too easy.) unicorn:~$ apt-cache show mpv | egrep 'Depends|Suggests|Recommends' Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.4.0), libasound2 (>= 1.0.27), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavdevice58 (>= 7:4.0), libavfilter7 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio19 (>= 2.1.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.74), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libgbm1 (>= 8.1~0), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.6), liblua5.2-0, libpulse0 (>= 0.99.4), librubberband2 (>= 1.9.0), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libsmbclient (>= 2:4.0.3+dfsg1), libsndio7.0 (>= 1.1.0), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libuchardet0 (>= 0.0.1), libva-drm2 (>= 1.1.0), libva-wayland2 (>= 1.3.0), libva-x11-2 (>= 1.0.3), libva2 (>= 2.2.0), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.15.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.15.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.99.3), libxss1, libxv1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Recommends: xdg-utils, youtube-dl (>= 2014.11.26) unicorn:~$ apt-cache show smplayer-themes | egrep 'Depends|Suggests|Recommends' Depends: smplayer unicorn:~$ apt-cache show smplayer-l10n | egrep 'Depends|Suggests|Recommends' Depends: smplayer (>= 20.6.0~ds0-1) unicorn:~$ apt-cache show mplayer | egrep 'Depends|Suggests|Recommends' Depends: liba52-0.7.4 (>= 0.7.4), libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libass9 (>= 1:0.13.6), libaudio2, libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libbluray2 (>= 1:0.2.2), libbs2b0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcaca0 (>= 0.99.beta17-1), libcdio-cdda2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio-paranoia2 (>= 10.2+2.0.0), libcdio19 (>= 2.1.0), libdca0 (>= 0.0.5), libdv4 (>= 1.0.0), libdvdnav4 (>= 4.1.3), libdvdread8 (>= 4.1.3), libegl1, libenca0 (>= 1.9), libfaad2 (>= 2.7), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjack-jackd2-0 (>= 1.9.10+20150825) | libjack-0.125, libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), liblirc-client0, libmad0 (>= 0.15.1b-3), libmng1 (>= 1.0.10), libmpeg2-4 (>= 0.5.1), libmpg123-0 (>= 1.13.7), libogg0 (>= 1.0rc3), libopenal1 (>= 1.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpostproc55 (>= 7:4.0), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libspeex1 (>= 1.2~beta3-1), libswresample3 (>= 7:4.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), libtheora0 (>= 1.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libvorbisidec1 (>= 1.2.1+git20180316), libx11-6, libxext6, libxinerama1, libxss1, libxv1, libxvidcore4 (>= 1.2.2), libxvmc1 (>= 2:1.0.12), libxxf86dga1, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: bzip2, fontconfig, fonts-freefont-ttf, mplayer-doc, netselect | fping Well, that one looks promising, maybe. So perhaps the OP had mplayer already installed, which would have short-cutted the "mpv | mplayer" dependency in smplayer, and... who knows. It's basically unfeasible to track down an entire branching dependency hierarchy in this way by hand, especially with no details provided by the OP.
