Public bug reported: We use servers as servers, ie no libx11, libgtk or anything GUI related can be installed as per policy. However we uses virtualisation and we need install ovirt-guest-agent. Now, it seems, with 18.04 if I want to install ovirt-guest-agent it has a dependency on usermode package which states:
"Install the usermode package if you would like to provide users with graphical tools for certain account management tasks." However since we don't need this, and in general, in many cases servers don't need any X11 related stuff, why it's compulsory to install usermode package as well? Especially it's annoying that even the description of the usermode packages states "_IF_ you would like .... graphical tools". But we don't need, so the if statement is false :) Now, if I try to install ovirt-guest-agent, apt wants to download+install 65 packages with icons, fonts, etc, which is simply insane for a server, never ever wants to run anything X11 based application. root@isp-mx1:~# apt-cache show ovirt-guest-agent Package: ovirt-guest-agent Architecture: all Version: 1.0.13.dfsg-2 Priority: extra Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <g...@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 164 Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), udev, lsb-base, python-apt, python-dbus, python-ethtool, usermode, qemu-guest-agent Filename: pool/universe/o/ovirt-guest-agent/ovirt-guest-agent_1.0.13.dfsg-2_all.deb Size: 25696 MD5sum: ea3ebb62bb23a70822a7dc409e1eac36 SHA1: 31b0aacbef8434fb139a26c723db31c89659a7e8 SHA256: f2b9b71f1ee0f74c8b42f03c8d49a0b8043c393d352cb3dc06649c1b70d01947 Homepage: http://www.ovirt.org/Ovirt_guest_agent ** Affects: ovirt-guest-agent (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777449 Title: [18.04] unneeded gui components in dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ovirt-guest-agent/+bug/1777449/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
