Maybe Ubuntu should have two mediatomb packages
mediatomb-lite without mysql support &
mediatomb with mysql support
or
mediatomb without mysql support &
mediatomb-mysql with mysql support
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installation of mediatomb installs mysql-common
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267833
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James is right.
If the mysql dependency is removed, the mediatomb package would need a
rebuild to be used with mysql.
The only option to get rid of the mysql library as hard dependency would
be to change the upstream mediatomb code to use dlopen(3).
greets
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installation of mediatomb installs
The mediatomb binary is linked against libmysqlclient so that it can be
used with a mysql backend. If the library is missing, then the program
will not start. So simply suggesting the package is insufficient.
Removing the dependency would mean that the package couldn't be
configured to run again
