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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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