Bug 2346954

Summary: fastfetch uses only 3rd-party libraries, not binaries
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Carter <zhangsongcui>
Component: fastfetchAssignee: Jonathan Wright <jonathan>
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Version: rawhideCC: jonathan
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Description Carter 2025-02-21 07:20:44 UTC 
`dnf install fastfetch` should suggests the libs but not the binaries.

For example package `sqlite` installs the binary `sqlite`, while fastfetch uses only the .so lib, so that installing `sqlite-lib` is enough. In addition, because `rpm` uses `sqlite` to store RPM packages information, `sqlite-lib` should be always preinstalled in rhel and fedora based distros. Therefore fastfetch should work out of box without installing additional dependencies.

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fastfetch/blob/rawhide/f/fastfetch.spec#_60

Same as chafa & ddcutil.

In addition, all recommended dependencies except hwdata should be optional, which means a simple `dnf install fastfetch` shouldn't install any dependencies except hwdata.

For example: fastfetch shouldn't recommend x11-libs to people which use only Linux console.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-03-26 00:56:29 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-dd95117059 (fastfetch-2.39.1-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-dd95117059
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-03-26 01:00:56 UTC 
FEDORA-2025-dd95117059 (fastfetch-2.39.1-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.