DLL hell

Sat 2008-03-08 06:49 (binux)

I only wanted to resize a jpeg file. Am I reaching for the stars here?

# apt-get install imagemagick
The following extra packages will be installed:
cpp cpp-4.2 defoma fontconfig fontconfig-config gsfonts hicolor-icon-theme libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data libcairo2 libcroco3 libcupsys2 libdatrie0 libdjvulibre15 libdmx1 libdrm2 libfontconfig1 libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libfs6 libft-perl libgd2-noxpm libgl1-mesa-glx libgraphviz4 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libice6 libjasper1 liblcms1 libltdl3 libmagick10 libopenexr2ldbl libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common librsvg2-2 libsm6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libttf2 libwmf0.2-7 libxaw7 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxpm4 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 shared-mime-info ttf-dejavu ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu-extra x-ttcidfont-conf x11-utils x11-xserver-utils xdg-utils xfonts-encodings xfonts-utils xsltproc xutils xutils-dev
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“fontconfig-config” is my personal favourite.