Firefox gnome dependency’s

Op de pc van mijn vrouw moest firefox nog geïnstalleerd worden. Het is even schrikken hoeveel pakketten er vanuit de dependency’s geïnstalleerd willen worden:

tecumseh@Terra:~$ sudo aptitude install -s firefox
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Klaar
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apturl{a} docbook-xml{a} firefox firefox-3.0{a} firefox-3.0-branding{a}
  gamin{a} gconf2{a} gconf2-common{a} gksu{a} gnome-app-install{a}
  gnome-icon-theme{a} gnome-keyring{a} gnome-mime-data{a} gnome-mount{a}
  libavahi-glib1{a} libbonobo2-0{a} libbonobo2-common{a} libbonoboui2-0{a}
  libbonoboui2-common{a} libcairo-perl{a} libgamin0{a} libgconf2-4{a}
  libgksu2-0{a} libglade2-0{a} libglib-perl{a} libgnome-keyring0{a}
  libgnome2-0{a} libgnome2-canvas-perl{a} libgnome2-common{a}
  libgnome2-perl{a} libgnome2-vfs-perl{a} libgnomecanvas2-0{a}
  libgnomecanvas2-common{a} libgnomeui-0{a} libgnomeui-common{a}
  libgnomevfs2-0{a} libgnomevfs2-common{a} libgnomevfs2-extra{a}
  libgp11-0{a} libgtk2-perl{a} libgtkhtml2-0{a} libgtop2-7{a}
  libgtop2-common{a} libidl0{a} liblaunchpad-integration1{a} libnotify1{a}
  liborbit2{a} libpam-gnome-keyring{a} libpolkit-gnome0{a}
  librsvg2-common{a} libscrollkeeper0{a} libsexy2{a}
  libstartup-notification0{a} libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} libwnck-common{a}
  libwnck22{a} libxres1{a} notification-daemon{a} policykit-gnome{a}
  python-cairo{a} python-gconf{a} python-glade2{a} python-gst0.10{a}
  python-gtk2{a} python-gtkhtml2{a} python-launchpad-integration{a}
  python-numeric{a} python-pyorbit{a} python-sexy{a} python-vte{a}
  scrollkeeper{a} sgml-data{a} software-properties-gtk{a} synaptic{a}
  ubufox{a} xulrunner-1.9{a}
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Als we de aanbevolen pakketten weglaten worden er slechts 6 pakketten geïnstalleerd, nogal een verschil:

tecumseh@Terra:~$ sudo aptitude install -s -R firefox
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Klaar
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firefox firefox-3.0{a} firefox-3.0-branding{a} libidl0{a}
  libstartup-notification0{a} xulrunner-1.9{a}
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  ubufox
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Virtualbox heeft hetzelfde probleem:

tecumseh@Terra:~$ sudo aptitude install -s virtualbox-2.0
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Klaar
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  acroread{a} acroread-debian-files{a} acroread-dictionary-de{a}
  acroread-l10n-de{a} bridge-utils{a} gconf2{a} gconf2-common{a}
  ia32-libs{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a} lib32ncurses5{a}
  lib32nss-mdns{a} lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} libc6-i386{a} libgconf2-4{a}
  liborbit2{a} libsdl-ttf2.0-0{a} libstdc++5{a} uml-utilities{a}
  virtualbox-2.0
0 packages upgraded, 21 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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21 pakketten inclusief de aanbevolen en slechts 1 zonder de aanbevolen pakketten:

tecumseh@Terra:~$ sudo aptitude install -s -R virtualbox-2.0
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Klaar
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  virtualbox-2.0
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  acroread bridge-utils evince gv libsdl-ttf2.0-0 uml-utilities viewpdf.app
  xpdf-reader xpdf-utils
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