Author: Graham Bleach Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Linux, ViviCam 3830S and photoediting software
On 19/01/07, john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote: > Considering all the nice things said about digikam I thought about
> installing it BUT 'dependencies' require me to install 83 packages
> including things I'll never use and do not want like kmail and
> konqueror, kdesktop and other kjunk.
>
> and why the h**l does it need exim4, procmail & cdparanoia
apt-rdepends can answer your rhetorical question. ;)
> digikam will _not_ get installed on my system no matter how good it
> is.
If it were me, I'd install it, try it, and then remove it if I didn't
like it. If you're using aptitude it will remove the dependencies too.
Time's short, disk space is bountiful, bandwidth is cheap.
