Description of problem: When I install maxima-gui, I also have to install xdg-utils, a bunch of bash scripts. I suspect it is unnecessary for maxima to depend on xdg-utils. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Yup, it really does need it, to spawn off your prefered web browser when clicking on www/help links. The previous alternative was to use maxima's hard-coded choice of webbrowser (mozilla?) ):
(In reply to comment #1) > Yup, it really does need it, to spawn off your prefered web browser when > clicking on www/help links. Isn't htmlview sufficient?
xdg-utils supercedes/is-superior to htmlview.
OK. Thank you for explaining this.