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    firefox for gusty kubuntu

    i just did a fresh install of kubuntu gusty.

    tried to install firefox. "aptitude install firefox" listed all the following packages as dependencies.

    Why do I have to install all these libraries include some gnome libraries to just install firefox? Is there a workaround to just only install firefox?

    apturl deborphan dialog docbook-xml firefox gamin gconf2 gconf2-common
    gksu gnome-app-install gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-mime-data
    gnome-mount libavahi-glib1 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
    libbonoboui2-common libcairo-perl libcroco3 libenchant1c2a libgail-common
    libgail18 libgamin0 libgconf2-4 libgksu2-0 libglade2-0 libglib-perl
    libgnome-keyring0 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-canvas-perl libgnome2-common
    libgnome2-perl libgnome2-vfs-perl libgnomecanvas2-0
    libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0
    libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common
    libgtk2-perl libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libidl0
    liblaunchpad-integration0 libnotify1 liborbit2 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common
    libscrollkeeper0 libsexy2 libvte-common libvte9 libwnck-common libwnck22
    libxres1 notification-daemon python-cairo python-gconf python-gdbm
    python-glade2 python-gobject python-gst0.10 python-gtk2 python-gtkhtml2
    python-launchpad-integration python-numeric python-pyorbit python-sexy
    python-vte scrollkeeper sgml-data shared-mime-info
    software-properties-gtk synaptic ubufox

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    Re: firefox for gusty kubuntu

    There is a reason they are called dependencies.
    Without them one or other function of the main application will not work.
    Firefox is specifically made for the Gnome desktop environment as Konqueror is made for KDE.
    You don't need to install Gnome to run a Gnome application like Firefox but a minimum number of these (Gnome) libraries are apparently needed.

    This is the beauty of the Debian package management system, it finds and installs without users needing to break their head about it what is needed.

    Generally speaking once such a library is installed it is also available to other (future) applications that might need it.

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      #3
      Re: firefox for gusty kubuntu

      never mind my prev post. I just added swift fox repositories to my sources.list and installed swiftfox, which doesn't have 100 other dependencies. And it works great!!!

      Thanks Teunis for the reply though.

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