Bug 241780

Summary:	media-sound/amarok-1,9* could depend on kde-base/kdebase-data
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rafael <rktspm>
Component:	[OLD] KDE	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	tomaszg
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Rafael 2008-10-13 15:00:26 UTC

I've installed amarok-1.90-r1 but the interface was strange. I noticed that there were empty buttons, indicating that images were missing.
Doing some tests I discovered that installing kdebase-data solved the problem. It seems that amarok-1.90-r1 uses icons provided by this package. So, I think amarok-1.90 could depend on kde-base/kdebase-data. It took me some time installing different packages until I discovered which package I needed to install.

PS.: I don't know if the beta 2 version still uses those icons.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-13 18:13:16 UTC

Hi we are currently going throught some rethinks and one thing we came up is
that you allways should instal at least package "kdebase-startkde".

We will add this information into guide. Closing this as Fixed.
Reopen if you dont agree with our opinion.

Comment 2 Rafael 2008-10-13 22:40:25 UTC

Installing kdebase-startkde may solves the problem. However, I don't think it's a good solution to tell the install many packages which he my not need at all. It seem to be a real problem for people using other desktop environments, like me. I don't use KDE, I just want Amarok. In my case "emerge kdebase-startkde" would install 29 packages, and I don't know if Amarok really uses any of them. 

I understand it's hard to find every dependency of each KDE package. But I wouldn't like to install packages I don't need and also have to waste time compiling them every time they are updated. 

I also don't think only recommending the installation of a package in the documentation is enough. If a package "A" is needed for the correct working of package "B", then the "B" should depend on "A".

This is it, for now!

Comment 3 Tomasz Golinski 2008-11-09 18:46:07 UTC

This bug is related to  more general issue with kde-4 apps, see 242668. It concerns also e.g. okular, ktorrent...

Comment 4 Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (RETIRED) Gentoo Infrastructure

2008-12-07 14:02:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 242668 ***