The problem here is that kleopatra requires akonadi-mime (ref.: https://github.com/KDE/kleopatra/blob/master/CMakeLists.txt#L145) which in turn pulls in the akonadi server.

Similarly, kgpg pulls in cmake(KPim6AkonadiContactWidgets) which in turn pulls in the various parts of akonadi.

Oh also, it does pull in akonadi-server, but you can delete it after, it's a 'Recommends' not a 'Requires'.

NO it is impossible to uninstall akonadi-server without to remove also kleopatra! look:

```
purgdown: akonadi-server akonadi-server-mysql                                                  55s 3ms 
Paquet                                Architecture    Version                                Dépôt                Taille
Suppression de :
akonadi-server                       x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates            13.6 MiB
akonadi-server-mysql                 x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates             3.2 KiB
Suppression des paquets dépendants :
kleopatra                            x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates            16.8 MiB
Suppression des dépendances inutilisées :
akonadi-mime                         x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates             1.3 MiB
cyrus-sasl-md5                       x86_64          0:2.1.28-35.fc44                       fedora             84.1 KiB
gnupg2-scdaemon                      x86_64          0:2.4.9-16.fc44                        updates           709.2 KiB
gnupg2-smime                         x86_64          0:2.4.9-16.fc44                        updates           533.3 KiB
kidentitymanagement                  x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates           955.8 KiB
kmailtransport                       x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates             1.3 MiB
kmbox                                x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates           122.1 KiB
kmime                                x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates           544.7 KiB
kpimtextedit                         x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates           979.1 KiB
ksmtp                                x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates           265.4 KiB
ktextaddons-common                   noarch          0:2.0.1-1.fc44                         updates             2.4 MiB
ktextaddons-qt6                      x86_64          0:2.0.1-1.fc44                         updates             5.2 MiB
libkleo                              x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates             4.8 MiB
mariadb                              x86_64          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             27.6 MiB
mariadb-backup                       x86_64          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             23.3 MiB
mariadb-client-utils                 noarch          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora            190.1 KiB
mariadb-common                       noarch          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora            301.7 KiB
mariadb-cracklib-password-check      x86_64          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             12.9 KiB
mariadb-errmsg                       noarch          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora              2.3 MiB
mariadb-gssapi-server                x86_64          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             19.8 KiB
mariadb-server                       x86_64          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             78.1 MiB
mariadb-server-utils                 noarch          3:11.8.6-2.fc44                        fedora             34.2 KiB
mimetreeparser                       x86_64          0:26.04.2-1.fc44                       updates             1.6 MiB
mysql-selinux                        noarch          0:1.0.14-3.fc44                        fedora             49.9 KiB
perl-DBD-MariaDB                     x86_64          0:1.24-4.fc44                          fedora            382.9 KiB
perl-DBI                             x86_64          0:1.647-5.fc44                         fedora              2.2 MiB
perl-Math-BigInt                     noarch          1:2.0050.03-4.fc44                     fedora              1.1 MiB
perl-Math-Complex                    noarch          0:1.63-524.fc44                        updates            85.1 KiB
perl-Sys-Hostname                    x86_64          0:1.25-524.fc44                        updates            15.7 KiB
qgpgme-qt6                           x86_64          0:2.0.1-4.fc44                         updates             1.2 MiB

Résumé de la transaction :
Suppression :      33 paquets
```

 it's not a 'Recommends' but a 'Requires'...

i've repported it to the discuss. you're right.
thanks

Actually, sorry I wasn't clear: Try to remove akonadi-server-mysql.

That is the database part alone and should also pull away mariadb (If it isn't used for something else)

Thank you for your detailed and technical explanation regarding the Akonadi dependencies for Kleopatra and KGpg. I understand that these dependencies are hard-coded in the source (CMakeLists.txt) and are not an error from the Fedora packagers.

However, I would like to suggest a possible improvement that could benefit many users who, like me, want to use Kleopatra or KGpg without installing the entire Akonadi suite and a MariaDB server.

**Suggestion :** Split the Akonadi-related packages into smaller, more modular sub-packages. For example:
- `akonadi-mime-core` (for the essential MIME handling needed by Kleopatra)
- `akonadi-contact-core` (for the contact widgets needed by KGpg)
- `akonadi-server-core` (for a minimal server setup, without the full MariaDB dependency)

This approach would allow the main `kleopatra` and `kgpg` packages to depend only on these minimal core sub-packages. Users who need the full PIM suite could still install the complete `akonadi` meta-package, while users who only need GPG file management could install a much lighter version.

**Benefits :**
- Significantly reduces the installation size for users who don't use Akonadi.
- Avoids running unnecessary services (like a local database server) on the user's system.
- Makes Kleopatra and KGpg more accessible and attractive to a wider audience.

I understand this would require significant work from the Fedora packagers and potentially upstream. However, this kind of modularization has been successfully implemented for other KDE applications. I believe it would be a valuable improvement for the Fedora ecosystem.

What do you think about this approach? Is this something that could be considered for a future release?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Haven't you read my last comment? Those packages in themselves are not big, it's only annoying for the Sql server part. Which you can remove.

Indeed, by testing each dependency of Kleopatra, I manage to significantly reduce the number (9), even though Akonadi, Kmime, etc., remain necessary.

Okay, thank you.
The proposal to split the package is still relevant for Kleopatra and kgpg.