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smileyzn

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Registered: 2026-01-14

Posts: 2

Papers vs Evince package dependency in new GNOME setup

Hi folks.

Some packages needs a evince package as dependency.

Required By (14)

    phosh
    phosh (testing)
    sugar-activity-browse
    sugar-activity-read
    sushi
    geeqie (optional)
    gtk3 (optional)
    gtk4 (optional)
    lib32-gtk3 (optional)
    rosegarden (optional)
    texstudio (optional)
    xdg-desktop-portal-gnome (optional)
    xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (optional)
    geeqie (make)

But for now, papers is the core application of GNOME.
Is possible to replace evince with papers?

I always try to use GNOME core apps, for now arch needs evince, if i install papers then i get duplicated PDF reader app.

Thanks for help

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,943

Re: Papers vs Evince package dependency in new GNOME setup

The creators of those apps decide what they need to depend on , not archlinux .

Only 4 applications on archlinux have a hard dependency on evince .

$ pactree --sync --reverse evince
evince
├─phosh
│ └─phosh-mobile-settings
├─sugar-activity-browse
├─sugar-activity-read
└─sushi
$ 

You can try to convince their devs to switch to gnome papers or look for alternatives that don't need evince.

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smileyzn

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Registered: 2026-01-14

Posts: 2

Re: Papers vs Evince package dependency in new GNOME setup

Thanks for tip, i just try to do that.

To be honest, i found that only package that was installed that uses evince in default GNOME install is sushi.

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,723

Re: Papers vs Evince package dependency in new GNOME setup

You completely misinterpreted what Lone_Wolf told you. The actual software devs are the ones that need to switch, not the Arch packager; filing an issue on Arch's gitlab does nothing.