And --no-install-recommends does this: apt-get install --no-install-recommends boinc-client Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libcurl3 libxss1 x11-common Suggested packages: boinc-app-seti boinc-manager x11-xserver-utils libcuda1 libcuda1-ia32 Recommended packages: ia32-libs The following NEW packages will be installed: boinc-client libcurl3 libxss1 x11-common 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/868 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,828 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package libcurl3. (Reading database ... 30303 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libcurl3 (from .../libcurl3_7.22.0-3ubuntu4_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package x11-common. Unpacking x11-common (from .../x11-common_1%3a7.6+12ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package libxss1. Unpacking libxss1 (from .../libxss1_1%3a1.2.1-2_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously unselected package boinc-client. Unpacking boinc-client (from .../boinc-client_7.0.24+dfsg-1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libcurl3 (7.22.0-3ubuntu4) ... Setting up x11-common (1:7.6+12ubuntu1) ... Setting up libxss1 (1:1.2.1-2) ... Setting up boinc-client (7.0.24+dfsg-1) ... update-rc.d: warning: boinc-client start runlevel arguments (2 3 4 5) do not match LSB Default-Start values (4 5) update-rc.d: warning: boinc-client stop runlevel arguments (0 1 6) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 1 2 3 6) * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
So, much better. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1022232 Title: installing boinc-client requires too much dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/1022232/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs