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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:36:44 -0500
From:      michael johnson <buhnux@gmail.com>
To:        Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GNOME without media?
Message-ID:  <b2203fed0601170936y410b6922h9a2efd009080bee7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <43CD22A8.7020301@kutulu.org>
References:  <43CD22A8.7020301@kutulu.org>

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On 1/17/06, Mike Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org> wrote:
>
> I notice that when I install GNOME, it pulls in all kinds of
> multimedia-related things, like gstreamer and esound.  I don't even have
> a sound card in this system, so clearly these don't help me at all.
> However, for some reason a lot of other, seemingly unrelated packages
> depend on these media component.
>
> For example, trying to remove esound fails because esound is a
> dependancy of libgnome and libbobonoui and gdm.  Do these REALLY need
> esound to function?  Similarly, gstreamer is a dependancy for evolution
> and gnomecontrolcenter.



Lots of gnome components have to have gstreamer or esound.


Is there any easy way to get GNOME installed without these useless
> components?
>
> --Mike
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