Sorry, that's not possible, ou can't recommend a library you are building against. I suggest in your project you rebuild control-center without wacom support (drop the build dependency).
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/959640 Title: gnome-control-center should recommend wacom (not depend) Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: In Precise. gnome-control-center 1:3.3.90-0ubuntu4 g-c-c depends on libwacom2 But, I am working on a project that does not want or need (indeed cannot display) wacom stuff in settings. Can libwacom2 be made a recommend of g-c-c instead of a depend? Details: $ apt-cache policy gnome-control-center gnome-control-center: Installed: 1:3.3.90-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 1:3.3.91-0ubuntu4 Version table: 1:3.3.91-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages *** 1:3.3.90-0ubuntu4 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache depends gnome-control-center | grep wacom Depends: libwacom2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/959640/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp