latest update needs ridiculous new packages

[Derek Broughton]

Willy K. Hamra wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Willy K. Hamra wrote:
>> 
>>> can someone tell me why the latest update requires the installation of
>>> some new packages like bluetooth? i don't have bluetooth, don't have BT
>>> dongle, a BT phone, or anything related to it!
>>> mobile-broadband-provider-info, i don't even USE a mobile!
>>> not to mention libgweather1 , BAAH!
>> 
>> That's not the "latest" update.  Hardy installed bluetooth, and iirc, so
>> did
>> Gutsy.  It's just because kubuntu-desktop depends on everything the
>> developers think you're likely to need.  Feel free to remove them (and
>> kubuntu-desktop with it).  kubuntu-desktop will then get added back
>> before upgrading to the _next_ release, if you use the adept updater.
>> 
>> libgweather1 seems odd though - isn't that a gnome library?

Yes, it is.  It _really_ shouldn't be part of a Kubuntu install, but it's
possible you have some gnome component that is now requiring it.
> 
> i forgot to mention, i'm using kubuntu intrepid.
> i don't know if these were installed in previous versions, but in the
> latest update of intrepid, they are now showing in  aptitude as new
> packages!

Sure, because if you upgraded through the adept updater, it added
kubuntu-desktop back in, and that forced it to load Bluetooth, etc.  You
can just remove them, but if you use the approved upgrade path, they'll
come back again next upgrade.
-- 
derek