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dmce

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Registered: 2006-12-16

Posts: 20

Firefox install dependancies

Hi folks

Just a quick question about packages required when installing apps. I installed quod libet earlier (in virtualbox test install) and it installed various other packages, but the page on packages on the arch site only lists # gstreamer0 (virtual), mutagen, pygtk.

With firefox the package pages lists

desktop-file-utils
mime-types
shared-mime-info
xulrunner

but when i got to install it it tells me its going to install

mozilla-common
nspr
sqlite
nss
lcms
hunspell
xulrunner
desktop-file-utils
mime-types

I just wondered why this was?

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Firefox install dependancies

They're dependencies of the dependencies. For instance with xulrunner:

~ > pacman -Qi xulrunner
Name           : xulrunner
Version        : 1.9.0.3-1
URL            : http://wiki.mozilla.org/XUL:Xul_Runner
Licenses       : MPL  GPL  LGPL  
Groups         : None
Provides       : gecko-sdk  
Depends On     : gtk2>=2.12.11  gcc-libs>=4.3.1  libidl2>=0.8.10  
                 mozilla-common  nss>=3.12  libxt  lcms  hunspell>=1.2.4  
                 startup-notification>=0.9  
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : firefox  
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : gecko-sdk  
Installed Size : 72824.00 K
Packager       : AndyRTR_<andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Fri 03 Oct 2008 07:31:30 AM PDT
Install Date   : Fri 03 Oct 2008 03:43:07 PM PDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description    : Mozilla Runtime Environment

Last edited by skottish (2008-11-13 20:20:03)

dmce

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Registered: 2006-12-16

Posts: 20

Re: Firefox install dependancies

Ah yes, that makes sense. Thanks mate.