Install packages with just what is needed

[bitlord]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:07:57 -0600
anlarye <anlarye at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​Is there a way to install a package with just the bare minimum
> required packages?
> 
> I am running a XFCE spin of Fedora 23. I wanted to install kvirc on
> the box. But when I go through dnf install kvirc, the list ends up
> being about 38 additional packages. I doubt that all of them are
> needed for kvirc to run.
> 
> So how do I get kvirc and just what it needs in order to work
> properly?
> 
> 
> Thanks​

You can always force, and break dependencies, but most likely your
application won't work after it. If you use binary distributions like
fedora, you cannot do much to remove unneeded dependencies/features.
So what it pulls in as dependencies is in most cases (I guess >95%) what
it needs to run properly.