lot of new packages while upgrading to 11.2

English Install/Boot/Login
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hi

i just don’t understand, why are following application needed while upgrading the system. i’ve selected something like ‘plain X’ while fresh installing (about a month ago). i’m using fluxbox, so there is no need to install fe. gnome-themes. i also don’t use mono and so on…

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
art-sharp2 aspell aspell-en bundle-lang-gnome-extras-en cpp44 crda DeviceKit-disks dmidecode enchant evolution-data-server fetchmsttfonts
fifth-leg-font gcc44 gconf-sharp2 GeoIP glade-sharp2 glib-sharp2 gmime-sharp gnome-control-center gnome-main-menu gnome-menus
gnome-menus-branding-openSUSE gnome-panel gnome-panel-sharp gnome-settings-daemon gnome-sharp2 gnome-themes gnome-vfs-sharp2 gtk2-engine-murrine
gtk2-metatheme-gilouche gtk2-metatheme-sonar gtk-sharp2 gtkspell iso-codes java-binfmt-misc kernel-default kernel-firmware libatasmart4
libcanberra0 libcanberra-gtk libcanberra-gtk0 libcares2 libcdda_interface0 libcdda_paranoia0 libcdio10 libcloog0 libdaemon0 libebl1
libeggdbus-1-0 libenchant1 libevoldap-2_4-2 libevtlog0 libftgl2 libgcc44 libgdiplus0 libgdu0 libGeoIP1 libgmime-2_0-3 libgnome-desktop-2-11
libgnomekbd libgnome-menu2 libgnome-window-settings1 libgomp44 libgstapp-0_10-0 libgtop libgtop-2_0-7 libgudev-1_0-0 libgweather libgweather1
libical0 libiw30 liblirc_client0 libmysqlclient_r16 libnl libnotify libnotify1 libpcap1 libpciaccess0 libpcre0 libpcsclite1 libpixman-1-0
libpolkit0 libpoppler5 libppl7 libppl_c2 libproxy0 libproxy0-config-gnome libproxy0-pacrunner-mozjs libproxy0-wpad-dns libpth20
libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libSDL-1_2-0 libsensors4 libsexy libslab0 libsmi libstlport_gcc4 libstorage libudev0 libunique-1_0-0 libusb-1_0-0
libwnck-1-22 libx86emu1 libxfconf-0-2 libxklavier15 lirc-remotes metacity mhash mono-addins mono-core mono-data mono-data-sqlite mono-nunit
mono-web mono-winforms mozilla-xulrunner191 mozilla-xulrunner191-gnomevfs ndesk-dbus ndesk-dbus-glib NetworkManager-glib notification-daemon
OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-galaxy OpenOffice_org-icon-theme-hicontrast opensuse-manuals_en opensuse-manuals_en-pdf perl-Business-ISBN
perl-Business-ISBN-Data perl-GD perl-GD-Barcode perl-WWW-Curl polkit poppler-data portaudio preload-kmp-default python-cups python-cupshelpers
rtkit sound-theme-freedesktop systemtap systemtap-runtime tango-icon-theme tomboy udev-configure-printer virtualbox-ose-kmp-default
wireless-regdb xz yast2-control-center-gnome yast2-dbus-client yast2-qt-graph zenity

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Ouch!

A technique that works for me when something similar happens is to target a fundamental component such as Mono to be removed, and see what applications YaST says will break.

That’s how I found out Tomboy was dragging in tons of stuff unused by any other application.

A long shot is that it’s pulseaudio’s fault. Seriously.

Finally, it can’t hurt to install that stuff then slowly over time remove things in a controlled fashion, instead of trying to fix it all now, and risk breaking your system.

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thats what i did. i’ve removed the /(mono|gnome|tomboy)/ packages via zypper - works good :wink: it also removed the /sharp/ packages, nice!

anyway thanks for fast reply