Weird dependency tree when wanting to uninstall VLC [SOLVED]

tesirfsm · 2023-04-18 14:53:20

Hi, as I wanted to delete VLC via pacman -Rcns, I encountered the following list of packages that would be removed because apparently their dependencies would be broken without VLC:

a52dec-0.7.4-12 aha-0.5.1-2 appstream-qt-0.16.1-2 baloo-5.105.0-1
baloo-widgets-22.12.3-1 bolt-0.9.5-1 breeze-5.27.4-1 cifs-utils-7.0-3
clinfo-3.0.21.02.21-1 confuse-3.3-3 dmidecode-3.5-1 dolphin-22.12.3-1
ffmpeg4.4-4.4.3-1 flashrom-1.2-4 fwupd-1.8.14-1 fwupd-efi-1.4-1 gcab-1.5-1
glslang-git-11.8.0.r12.g90d4bd05-1 kactivities-stats-5.105.0-1
kactivitymanagerd-5.27.4-1 kde-cli-tools-5.27.4-1 kdelibs4support-5.105.0-1
kdeplasma-addons-5.27.4-1 kdesu-5.105.0-1 kdnssd-5.105.0-1 kdsoap-2.1.1-1
kdsoap-ws-discovery-client-git20200927-2 kemoticons-5.105.0-1 kgamma5-5.27.4-1
kholidays-1:5.105.0-1 khotkeys-5.27.4-1 kinfocenter-5.27.4-1
kio-extras-22.12.3-1 kmenuedit-5.27.4-1 kpipewire-5.27.4-1 krunner-5.105.0-1
kscreenlocker-5.27.4-1 kunitconversion-5.105.0-1 kwin-5.27.4.1-1
ldb-2:2.7.2-1 libbsd-0.11.7-1 libcbor-0.10.2-1 libdecor-0.1.1-2
libdmtx-0.7.7-1 libdvbpsi-1:1.3.3-2 libebml-1.4.4-1 libftdi-1.5-4
libjcat-0.1.13-2 libkexiv2-22.12.3-1 libmad-0.15.1b-10 libmatroska-1.7.1-1
libmbim-1.28.4-1 libmd-1.0.4-1 libmpeg2-0.5.1-7 libmtp-1.1.20-1
libplacebo-5.229.2-2 libqaccessibilityclient-0.4.1-2 libqalculate-4.6.1-1
libqmi-1.32.4-1 libqrtr-glib-1.2.2-2 libsmbios-2.4.3-5 libtar-1.2.20-6
libupnp-1.14.16-1 libwbclient-4.18.1-1 lmdb-0.9.30-3 lua52-5.2.4-5
mesa-utils-9.0.0-2 milou-5.27.4-1 modemmanager-1.20.6-1
modemmanager-qt-5.105.0-1 networkmanager-qt-5.105.0-1 phonon-qt5-4.11.1-3
phonon-qt5-vlc-0.11.3-2 plasma-browser-integration-5.27.4-1
plasma-desktop-5.27.4-1 plasma-disks-5.27.4-1 plasma-firewall-5.27.4-1
plasma-integration-5.27.4-1 plasma-nm-5.27.4-1 plasma-pa-5.27.4-1
plasma-thunderbolt-5.27.4-1 plasma-vault-5.27.4.1-1
plasma-wayland-session-5.27.4.1-1 plasma-workspace-5.27.4.1-1
plasma5-applets-kde-arch-update-notifier-git-7.2.1.r1.ga330639-1
polkit-kde-agent-5.27.4.1-1 powerdevil-5.27.4.1-1 ppp-2.4.9-3
prison-5.105.0-1 protobuf-c-1.4.1-1 sddm-0.19.0-9 sddm-kcm-5.27.4.1-1
shaderc-2023.3-1 smartmontools-7.3-1 smbclient-4.18.1-1 spirv-tools-2022.4-1
systemsettings-5.27.4.1-1 talloc-2.4.0-2 tevent-1:0.14.1-1
threadweaver-5.105.0-1 ttf-hack-3.003-3 vulkan-tools-1.3.245-1
wayland-utils-1.1.0-1 xdg-user-dirs-0.18-1 xorg-xdpyinfo-1.3.3-4
xorg-xmessage-1.0.6-1 xorg-xsetroot-1.1.3-1 xorg-xwayland-23.1.1-1
vlc-3.0.18-8

Is this supposed to be like that and is there a way around it?
Thanks in advance!

Last edited by tesirfsm (2023-04-18 22:11:58)

Scimmia · 2023-04-18 15:21:33

You shouldn't be using the -c option for this. In fact, it should be used very sparingly.

StJimmy · 2023-04-18 15:32:33

It's because phonon-qt5-vlc-0.11.3-2 depends on vlc (logically), and since Phonon is one of the more integral parts of KDE, it would take everything out with it when uninstalled (as it would get removed by the removal of VLC). You'd either have to install a different Phonon backend (e.g. install the gstreamer backend), or keep VLC installed.

tesirfsm · 2023-04-18 22:10:20

StJimmy wrote:

It's because phonon-qt5-vlc-0.11.3-2 depends on vlc (logically), and since Phonon is one of the more integral parts of KDE, it would take everything out with it when uninstalled (as it would get removed by the removal of VLC). You'd either have to install a different Phonon backend (e.g. install the gstreamer backend), or keep VLC installed.

Thanks for the answer. I installed phonon-qt5-gstreamer and was able to remove VLC without deleting my DE.

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#1 2023-04-18 14:53:20

Weird dependency tree when wanting to uninstall VLC [SOLVED]

#2 2023-04-18 15:21:33

Re: Weird dependency tree when wanting to uninstall VLC [SOLVED]

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Re: Weird dependency tree when wanting to uninstall VLC [SOLVED]

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Re: Weird dependency tree when wanting to uninstall VLC [SOLVED]

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