Package dependencies

[Gordon Kindlmann]

Hello-

As someone faced with installing gnucash from the first time on a  
Mac, I get to see all the various packages that it depends on  
(below).  Some of them just don't make sense.  As part of making an  
informed decision to use gnucash, I'd love some perspective on how  
they contribute to this software.

If I've done something wrong in how I've selected the virtual  
dependencies within fink for "gnucash2", that would be good to know.   
Otherwise, I'm stumped:

fftw3?  For doing Fourier Transforms of my bank statements?  Yes,  
this is probably from Octave, but then why use all of Octave?

cdparanoia?  ogg & vorbis?  esound? What do these audio tools have to  
do with accounting?

qhull?  This is computational geometry stuff for doing n-dimensional  
convex hull computations.  I genuinely curious how it helps for  
accounting.

HDF5?  This is a heavy-weight scientific data fileformat.

giflib, libtiff, libjpeg, AND libpng:  I bet gnucash isn't reading  
these image formats; does it have to generate them all?

guile, tcl, python, AND ruby: I thought gnucash was C + guile; very  
sensible.  What are Tcl, python, and ruby doing here?

tk, qt, openmotif, AND gnome:  How many toolkits are needed for this  
to have a GUI?

Thanks for any insight,
Gordon

Pick one: [1]
The following package will be installed or updated:
  gnucash2
The following 362 additional packages will be installed:
  aalib aalib-bin aalib-shlibs app-defaults aqbanking16 aqbanking16- 
shlibs
  aquaterm aquaterm-dev aquaterm-shlibs atk1 atk1-shlibs atlas-shlibs  
audiofile
  audiofile-bin audiofile-shlibs autoconf automake1.9 avahi avahi-dev  
bison
  cairo cairo-shlibs clisp crypt-ssleay-pm586 daemonic date-manip-pm  
db44-aes
  db44-aes-shlibs dbus dbus-dev dbus-shlibs default-icon-theme
  docbook-dsssl-nwalsh docbook-dtd docbook-utils docbook-xsl doxygen  
eel2.2-dev
  eel2.2-shlibs esound esound-bin esound-common esound-shlibs evince
  expat-shlibs expat1 expat1-shlibs fftw3 fftw3-shlibs finance-quote- 
pm586
  finance-quotehist-pm586 fink-obsolete-packages fontconfig-config
  fontconfig2-dev fontconfig2-shlibs freetype219 freetype219-shlibs  
gail18
  gail18-dev gail18-shlibs gawk gcc43 gcc43-shlibs gconf2 gconf2-dev
  gconf2-shlibs gd2 gd2-bin gd2-shlibs gdbm gdbm-shlibs gdbm3 gdbm3- 
shlibs
  gettext-tools ghostscript ghostscript-fonts giflib giflib-bin  
giflib-shlibs
  glib glib-shlibs glib2-dev glib2-shlibs glitz glitz-shlibs glpk-dev
  glpk-shlibs gmp gmp-shlibs gnome-base gnome-common gnome-desktop
  gnome-desktop4-dev gnome-desktop4-shlibs gnome-doc-utils gnome-icon- 
theme
  gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-dev gnome-keyring-shlibs gnome-menus2-dev
  gnome-menus2-shlibs gnome-mime-data gnome-vfs2-unified gnome-vfs2- 
unified-dev
  gnome-vfs2-unified-shlibs gnucash2-shlibs gnuplot graphviz graphviz- 
shlibs
  gst-plugins-base-0.10 gst-plugins-base-0.10-dev gst-plugins- 
base-0.10-shlibs
  gstreamer-0.10 gstreamer-0.10-dev gstreamer-0.10-shlibs gtk+2 gtk+2- 
dev
  gtk+2-shlibs gtk-doc gtkglarea2 gtkglarea2-shlibs gtkglext1  
gtkglext1-shlibs
  gtkhtml3.14-dev gtkhtml3.14-shlibs guile18 guile18-dev guile18-gtk
  guile18-gtk-shlibs guile18-libs guile18-shlibs guile18-www  
gwenhywfar38
  gwenhywfar38-shlibs hdf5 hdf5-bin hdf5-shlibs html-tableextract-pm586
  html-tagset-pm icon-naming-utils intltool jadetex ktoblzcheck
  ktoblzcheck-bankdata ktoblzcheck-shlibs libart2 libart2-shlibs
  libavahi-client3-shlibs libavahi-common3-shlibs libavahi-core5-shlibs
  libavahi-glib1-dev libavahi-glib1-shlibs libbonobo2 libbonobo2-dev
  libbonobo2-shlibs libbonoboui2 libbonoboui2-dev libbonoboui2-shlibs
  libcdparanoia0-dev libcdparanoia0-shlibs libcroco3 libcroco3-shlibs
  libcurl3-unified libcurl3-unified-shlibs libcurl4 libcurl4-shlibs  
libdaemon
  libdaemon-shlibs libdatrie libdatrie-shlibs libexif12 libexif12-shlibs
  libgcrypt libgcrypt-shlibs libgettextpo2-shlibs libggi2 libggi2-dev
  libggi2-shlibs libgii0 libgii0-dev libgii0-shlibs libglade2  
libglade2-shlibs
  libgmpxx-shlibs libgnome2 libgnome2-dev libgnome2-shlibs  
libgnomecanvas2
  libgnomecanvas2-dev libgnomecanvas2-shlibs libgnomecups-dev
  libgnomecups-shlibs libgnomeprint2.2-dev libgnomeprint2.2-shlibs
  libgnomeprintui2.2-dev libgnomeprintui2.2-shlibs libgnomeui2  
libgnomeui2-dev
  libgnomeui2-shlibs libgoffice-0.6 libgoffice-0.6-shlibs libgpg-error
  libgpg-error-shlibs libgsf1.114-dev libgsf1.114-gnome-dev
  libgsf1.114-gnome-shlibs libgsf1.114-shlibs libicu32-dev libidl2
  libidl2-shlibs libjpeg libjpeg-bin libjpeg-shlibs libkpathsea4
  libkpathsea4-shlibs libming-dev libming0-shlibs libmpfr1 libmpfr1- 
shlibs
  libnautilus-ext1-dev libnautilus-ext1-shlibs libofx3 libofx3-shlibs  
libogg
  libogg-shlibs liboil-0.3 liboil-0.3-shlibs libpng3 libpng3-shlibs
  librarian.0-shlibs librsvg2 librsvg2-shlibs libsigsegv libsigsegv- 
shlibs
  libssh2.1 libssh2.1-shlibs libthai libthai-dev libthai-shlibs
  libtheora0-shlibs libtiff libtiff-bin libtiff-shlibs libtool14
  libtool14-shlibs libvorbis0 libvorbis0-shlibs libwww libwww-bin  
libwww-pm586
  libwww-shlibs libxml++1 libxml++1-shlibs libxml2 libxml2-bin  
libxml2-py25
  libxml2-shlibs libxslt libxslt-bin libxslt-shlibs lua51 lua51-dev  
lua51-shlibs
  lynx m4 mono mono-shlibs ocaml ocaml-findlib octave-atlas openjade  
openmotif3
  openmotif3-shlibs opensp4 opensp4-dev opensp4-shlibs orbit2 orbit2-dev
  orbit2-shlibs pango1-xft2-ft219 pango1-xft2-ft219-dev pango1-xft2- 
ft219-shlibs
  passwd pcre pcre-bin pcre-shlibs pdflib6 pdflib6-shlibs pixman  
pixman-shlibs
  pkgconfig plotutils plotutils-dev plotutils-shlibs poppler-bin  
poppler-data
  poppler2 poppler2-glib poppler2-glib-shlibs poppler2-shlibs popt  
popt-shlibs
  python25 python25-shlibs python25-socket pyxml-py25 qhull qt3 qt3- 
designer
  qt3-designer-shlibs qt3-doc qt3-linguist qt3-shlibs rarian rarian- 
compat
  readline readline-shlibs readline5 readline5-shlibs ruby ruby18  
ruby18-dev
  ruby18-shlibs sdl sdl-shlibs sed sgml-entities-iso8879 sgmls-pm
  shared-mime-info slib3 slib3-gu18 sqlite3-dev sqlite3-shlibs
  startup-notification-dev startup-notification-shlibs suitesparse swig
  system-openssl-dev szip szip-shlibs t1lib5-nox t1lib5-nox-shlibs  
t1lib5-x11
  t1lib5-x11-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs tetex-base tetex-texmf
  texi2html texinfo text-csv-pp-pm586 wxgtk2.8 wxgtk2.8-shlibs xdg- 
base xft2-dev
  xmkmf xml-namespacesupport-pm xml-parser-pm586 xml-sax-expat-pm586
  xml-sax-pm586 xml-simple-pm586
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] not likely