[Digikam-users] Newer digikam and a heavier footprint

[Gilles Caulier]

2008/4/11, Lukasz Szybalski <szybalski at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>  I wanted to start off by saying how I enjoy using digikam. I am a
>  gnome user, but my two favorite apps written in Qt are digikam and
>  k3b. I always have used digikam and I considered it lightweight but
>  very mature and useful program. Today I have installed a new version
>  and I noticed that the amount of dependencies has almost tripled since
>  the last install I did. I always though of digikam as not "kde photo
>  management" but "Linux photo Management". I understand that new
>  features need to be added but could developers consider digikam as
>  gnome/kde application. I am using it now but if the amount of
>  dependencies will triple again then soon I will have to install whole
>  KDE environment in order to use digikam.
>
>  Here is a list of dependencies:
>  Setting up libkdcraw3 (0.1.4-2) ...
>  Setting up libexiv2-2 (0.16-4) ...
>  Setting up libkexiv2-3 (0.1.6-1+b1) ...
>  Setting up libkipi0 (0.1.5-2) ...
>  Setting up digikam (2:0.9.3-2) ...
>  Setting up enscript (1.6.4-12) ...
>  Setting up exiv2 (0.16-4) ...
>  Setting up gnokii-common (0.6.24.dfsg-1) ...
>  Setting up libgraphicsmagick1 (1.1.10-1) ...
>  Setting up graphicsmagick (1.1.10-1) ...
>  Setting up libical0 (0.31-1) ...
>  Setting up libgnokii3 (0.6.24.dfsg-1) ...
>  Setting up libktnef1 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libkleopatra1 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libkmime2 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up poster (1:20050907-1) ...
>  Setting up psutils (1.17-24) ...
>  Setting up kdeprint (4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1) ...
>  Setting up kdesktop (4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1) ...
>  Setting up kfind (4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1) ...
>  Setting up kghostview (4:3.5.9-1+b1) ...
>  Setting up libksieve0 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libmimelib1c2a (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up konqueror (4:3.5.9.dfsg.1-2+b1) ...
>  Setting up libkscan1 (4:3.5.9-1+b1) ...
>  Setting up kooka (4:3.5.9-1+b1) ...
>  Setting up mpg123 (0.67-1) ...
>  Setting up ocrad (0.17-3) ...
>  Setting up sane-utils (1.0.19-4) ...
>  Adding saned group and user...
>  Setting up xgnokii (0.6.24.dfsg-1) ...
>  Setting up graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat (1.1.10-1) ...
>  Setting up libkdepim1a (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libkpimidentities1 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libkcal2b (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up kaddressbook (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up kdepim-kresources (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up kdepim-kio-plugins (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up kipi-plugins (0.1.5-1) ...
>  Setting up kmail (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up libkpimexchange1 (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>  Setting up korganizer (4:3.5.9-2) ...
>
>  for example why do I need korganizer?, kmail?, kaddressbook?, etc.
>  None of these I use and I am not sure why digikam needs it.
>
>  Why digikam is using graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat instead of what
>  is mostly installed on a system imagemagick.
>
>  I think that digikam is great, but if it will continue at this
>  expansion of dependencies then I am not sure where that will leave me?
>  I would like to thank everybody who works on digikam for having it,
>  and I would like to change your mind and think of digikam as 60% kde
>  users and 40% gnome users.  If having digikam lite and regular digikam
>  is a way to do it then maybe digikam developers should consider such
>  route. I think if you we take a closer look I don't think we will find
>  a need to have all these programs installed as a requirement.
>
>
>  Thank you,
>  Digikam user on gnome.
>
>  Lucas

This list depand of your distro. The real dependencies of digiKam is
given in README file :

http://websvn.kde.org/branches/extragear/kde3/graphics/digikam/README?revision=785851&view=markup

Best

Gilles Caulier