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BenjiWiebe on June 11, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Left-Pad (2024)

Just checked on a fresh install of Fedora 42 "custom operating system" install, so pretty minimal. Didn't even check the "standard tools" box or whatever it's called.

Installing 'pass' pulled in: desktop-file-utils emacs-filesystem git-core libpng qrencode qrencode-libs

Plus weak (optional) dependencies: libwayland-client mailcap wl-clipboard xdg-utils

12 packages, 5 MB download, 24 MB installed. Could be worse, could be better.

I was honestly expecting Fedora to have less than that.

beej71 on June 12, 2025 [–]

On my particular (Ubuntu) system, `debtree pass` shows 301 dependencies (includes subdependencies) for a total install of 130 MB.

One of the big trigger is the dependency pass->xclip. That sets off a big cascade of X.

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