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xubuntu-meta package

xubuntu cluttering the system with useless fonts

Bug #1590333 reported by Hadmut Danisch
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xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
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Bug Description

Hi,

same problem as with xubuntu-core:

The xubuntu-desktop package pulls in heaps of fonts completely useless for 99,5% of users.

All sorts of special asian fonts, bengali, hindi, japanese, chinese, never asking whether I want to use or need them.

It results in rendering several programs unusable, since font selectors (e.g. in libreoffice) are jammed with tons of useless fonts, making it slow, difficult, and, due to memory limitations, sometimes impossible to find the font one would need.

All these special fonts belong in locale packages, not in -desktop or -core packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xubuntu-desktop 2.206
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Jun 8 11:01:44 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (46 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420)
SourcePackage: xubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) wrote :
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Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding) wrote :

These font packages are recommended packages, and can be easily uninstalled (or not installed in the first place with --no-install-recommends).

$ apt depends xubuntu-desktop
xubuntu-desktop
  ...
  Depends: fonts-dejavu-core
  Depends: fonts-freefont-ttf
  ...
  Recommends: fonts-indic
  Recommends: fonts-kacst-one
  Recommends: fonts-khmeros-core
  Recommends: fonts-lao
  Recommends: fonts-liberation
  Recommends: fonts-lklug-sinhala
  Recommends: fonts-noto-cjk
  Recommends: fonts-noto-hinted
  Recommends: fonts-opensymbol
  Recommends: fonts-sil-abyssinica
  Recommends: fonts-sil-padauk
  Recommends: fonts-symbola
  Recommends: fonts-thai-tlwg
  Recommends: fonts-tibetan-machine
  Recommends: fonts-ubuntu
  ...

Same output for xubuntu-core.

Xubuntu 18.04

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in xubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

These fonts are part of the desktop-common seed. They are included in all Ubuntu flavors and cannot be selectively excluded by Xubuntu. If you want to remove these packages after installation, some variation of the below command should work for you.

sudo apt remove fonts-beng* fonts-deva* fonts-gargi fonts-gubbi fonts-gujr* fonts-guru* fonts-indic fonts-kacst* fonts-kalapi fonts-khmeros-core fonts-knda fonts-lao fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-lohit* fonts-mlym fonts-nakula fonts-navilu fonts-noto-cjk fonts-orya* fonts-pagul fonts-sahadeva fonts-samyak* fonts-sarai fonts-sil* fonts-smc* fonts-taml fonts-telu* fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-tlwg*

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