On Fri 05 Nov 2021 at 16:44:04 +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 05 Nov 2021 at 16:28:36 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 12:50:23PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
> > wrote:
> > > hv3
> >
> > This is a web browser written in TCL/tK. What I suspect is happening is
> > it's being pulled in to satisfy a dependency on "www-browser" virtual
> > package by one of the desktop metapackages.
>
> Interesting that hv3 hasn't any Reverse Depends: and that 'apt install
> task-desktop task-xfce-desktop' does not propose it for installation'.
I forgot firefox-esr is installed. This satisfies the www-browser
package dependency. Hence
apt install task-desktop task-xfce-desktop
apt install task-xfce-desktop
show the same number of packages to be installed.
Purging the browser gives the twelve package differnece obtianed by
Alejandro Colomar.
Now it gets more interesting. task-xfce-desktop depends on task-desktop
and the later recommends firefox | firefox-esr. The first command above
proposes to install firefox-esr. Why propose hv3 too?
--
Brian.
