Hey everyone, I’m pretty new to Fedora, just giving Server Edition / 43 a try.
Installed a few tools and it works nicely, but then I wanted to get sshfs, which shows very unexpected dependencies:
# dnf install sshfs
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
fuse-sshfs x86_64 3.7.5-1.fc43 updates 125.4 KiB
Installing dependencies:
adwaita-cursor-theme noarch 49.0-1.fc43 fedora 11.4 MiB
adwaita-icon-theme noarch 49.0-1.fc43 fedora 1.2 MiB
adwaita-icon-theme-legacy noarch 46.2-4.fc43 fedora 2.1 MiB
alsa-lib x86_64 1.2.15.3-1.fc43 updates 1.5 MiB
aribb24 x86_64 1.0.3^20160216git5e9be27-3.fc43 fedora 83.1 KiB
at-spi2-atk x86_64 2.58.3-1.fc43 updates 283.7 KiB
at-spi2-core x86_64 2.58.3-1.fc43 updates 1.5 MiB
atk x86_64 2.58.3-1.fc43 updates 248.6 KiB
avahi-glib x86_64 0.9~rc2-6.fc43 fedora 19.6 KiB
cdparanoia-libs x86_64 10.2-48.fc43 fedora 113.5 KiB
cjson x86_64 1.7.18-3.fc43 fedora 63.9 KiB
codec2 x86_64 1.2.0-7.fc43 fedora 1.4 MiB
colord-libs x86_64 1.4.8-2.fc43 fedora 830.7 KiB
exempi x86_64 2.6.4-8.fc43 fedora 1.4 MiB
exiv2-libs x86_64 0.28.6-2.fc43 fedora 2.8 MiB
fdk-aac-free x86_64 2.0.0-16.fc43 fedora 611.8 KiB
fftw-libs-single x86_64 3.3.10-16.fc43 fedora 3.6 MiB
flac-libs x86_64 1.5.0-5.fc43 updates 611.5 KiB
fuse3 x86_64 3.16.2-5.fc42 fedora 129.7 KiB
game-music-emu x86_64 0.6.4-2.fc43 fedora 351.8 KiB
geoclue2 x86_64 2.8.0-1.fc43 updates 401.7 KiB
giflib x86_64 5.2.2-8.fc43 fedora 112.1 KiB
gpgmepp x86_64 1.24.3-6.fc43 fedora 429.2 KiB
graphene x86_64 1.10.8-2.fc43 fedora 158.4 KiB
gsm x86_64 1.0.23-1.fc43 fedora 65.3 KiB
gstreamer1 x86_64 1.26.10-1.fc43 updates 5.4 MiB
gstreamer1-plugins-base x86_64 1.26.10-1.fc43 updates 7.4 MiB
gtk-update-icon-cache x86_64 3.24.51-2.fc43 fedora 62.2 KiB
gtk3 x86_64 3.24.51-2.fc43 fedora 22.4 MiB
ilbc x86_64 3.0.4-17.fc43 fedora 91.4 KiB
inih-cpp x86_64 62-1.fc43 fedora 36.1 KiB
iso-codes noarch 4.18.0-2.fc43 fedora 21.5 MiB
jbigkit-libs x86_64 2.1-32.fc43 fedora 113.5 KiB
lame-libs x86_64 3.100-20.fc43 fedora 1.2 MiB
libX11-xcb x86_64 1.8.12-1.fc43 fedora 10.9 KiB
libXcomposite x86_64 0.4.6-6.fc43 fedora 40.5 KiB
libXcursor x86_64 1.2.3-3.fc43 fedora 53.4 KiB
libXdamage x86_64 1.1.6-6.fc43 fedora 39.6 KiB
libXfixes x86_64 6.0.1-6.fc43 fedora 26.2 KiB
libXi x86_64 1.8.2-3.fc43 fedora 80.6 KiB
libXinerama x86_64 1.1.5-9.fc43 fedora 15.0 KiB
libXrandr x86_64 1.5.4-6.fc43 fedora 51.8 KiB
libXtst x86_64 1.2.5-3.fc43 fedora 33.5 KiB
libXv x86_64 1.0.13-3.fc43 fedora 26.0 KiB
libXxf86vm x86_64 1.1.6-3.fc43 fedora 25.3 KiB
libaribcaption x86_64 1.1.1-3.fc43 fedora 244.5 KiB
libasyncns x86_64 0.8-31.fc43 fedora 55.5 KiB
libavcodec-free x86_64 7.1.2-4.fc43 updates 9.8 MiB
libavformat-free x86_64 7.1.2-4.fc43 updates 2.6 MiB
libavutil-free x86_64 7.1.2-4.fc43 updates 942.5 KiB
libbluray x86_64 1.3.4-11.fc43 updates 393.7 KiB
libcamera x86_64 0.5.2-5.fc43 updates 2.2 MiB
libcanberra x86_64 0.30-38.fc43 fedora 266.5 KiB
libchromaprint x86_64 1.6.0-1.fc43 updates 69.2 KiB
libcloudproviders x86_64 0.3.6-2.fc43 fedora 124.3 KiB
libcue x86_64 2.3.0-12.fc43 fedora 85.8 KiB
libdvdnav x86_64 6.1.1-11.fc43 fedora 116.1 KiB
libdvdread x86_64 6.1.3-10.fc43 fedora 156.1 KiB
libebur128 x86_64 1.2.6-14.fc43 fedora 39.3 KiB
libepoxy x86_64 1.5.10-11.fc43 fedora 1.1 MiB
libexif x86_64 0.6.25-2.fc43 fedora 2.7 MiB
libgexiv2 x86_64 0.14.6-2.fc43 fedora 279.2 KiB
libglvnd x86_64 1:1.7.0-8.fc43 fedora 526.1 KiB
libglvnd-egl x86_64 1:1.7.0-8.fc43 fedora 64.7 KiB
libglvnd-glx x86_64 1:1.7.0-8.fc43 fedora 601.2 KiB
libgsf x86_64 1.14.55-1.fc43 updates 964.8 KiB
libgxps x86_64 0.3.2-11.fc43 fedora 188.1 KiB
libimobiledevice x86_64 1.3.0^20240916gited9703d-6.fc43 fedora 304.7 KiB
libimobiledevice-glue x86_64 1.3.1-3.fc43 fedora 118.8 KiB
libiptcdata x86_64 1.0.5-23.fc43 fedora 163.9 KiB
liblc3 x86_64 1.1.3-5.fc43 fedora 170.8 KiB
libldac x86_64 2.0.2.3-18.fc43 fedora 74.2 KiB
liblerc x86_64 4.0.0-9.fc43 fedora 624.1 KiB
libmodplug x86_64 1:0.8.9.0-28.fc43 fedora 355.2 KiB
libnotify x86_64 0.8.8-1.fc43 updates 126.6 KiB
libogg x86_64 2:1.3.6-2.fc43 updates 45.6 KiB
libopenmpt x86_64 0.8.4-1.fc43 updates 1.8 MiB
libosinfo x86_64 1.12.0-3.fc43 fedora 1.2 MiB
libplist x86_64 2.6.0-5.fc43 fedora 237.0 KiB
librabbitmq x86_64 0.15.0-3.fc43 fedora 89.6 KiB
librist x86_64 0.2.7-10.fc43 fedora 157.2 KiB
libsbc x86_64 2.0-7.fc43 fedora 93.4 KiB
libsndfile x86_64 1.2.2-10.fc43 fedora 550.1 KiB
libsodium x86_64 1.0.21-2.fc43 updates 449.4 KiB
libswresample-free x86_64 7.1.2-4.fc43 updates 147.3 KiB
libtheora x86_64 1:1.1.1-40.fc43 fedora 477.3 KiB
libtiff x86_64 4.7.1-1.fc43 updates 624.4 KiB
libtinysparql x86_64 3.10.1-5.fc43 updates 995.0 KiB
libudfread x86_64 1.1.2-12.fc43 fedora 65.9 KiB
libunwind x86_64 1.8.1-3.fc43 fedora 194.1 KiB
libusbmuxd x86_64 2.1.0-4.fc43 fedora 75.2 KiB
libva x86_64 2.22.0-6.fc43 fedora 329.4 KiB
libvdpau x86_64 1.5-10.fc43 fedora 20.7 KiB
libvisual x86_64 1:0.4.2-3.fc43 fedora 452.7 KiB
libvorbis x86_64 1:1.3.7-13.fc43 fedora 833.4 KiB
libvpl x86_64 1:2.16.0-1.fc43 updates 427.2 KiB
libvpx x86_64 1.15.0-4.fc43 fedora 3.3 MiB
libwayland-cursor x86_64 1.24.0-1.fc43 fedora 37.3 KiB
libwayland-egl x86_64 1.24.0-1.fc43 fedora 12.4 KiB
libxshmfence x86_64 1.3.2-7.fc43 fedora 12.4 KiB
libyuv x86_64 0-0.57.20240704git96bbdb5.fc43 fedora 679.7 KiB
llvm-filesystem x86_64 21.1.8-4.fc43 updates 0.0 B
llvm-libs x86_64 21.1.8-4.fc43 updates 138.6 MiB
lpcnetfreedv x86_64 0.5-9.fc43 fedora 14.8 MiB
mbedtls x86_64 3.6.5-1.fc43 updates 1.3 MiB
mesa-dri-drivers x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 48.8 MiB
mesa-filesystem x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 3.6 KiB
mesa-libEGL x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 310.4 KiB
mesa-libGL x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 286.0 KiB
mesa-libgbm x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 19.7 KiB
mpg123-libs x86_64 1.32.10-2.fc43 fedora 814.0 KiB
opencore-amr x86_64 0.1.6-9.fc43 fedora 352.7 KiB
openpgm x86_64 5.3.128-5.fc43 fedora 312.3 KiB
opus x86_64 1.5.2-3.fc43 fedora 427.6 KiB
orc x86_64 0.4.41-2.fc43 fedora 726.3 KiB
osinfo-db noarch 20250124-2.fc43 fedora 3.9 MiB
osinfo-db-tools x86_64 1.12.0-4.fc43 fedora 190.9 KiB
pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit-libs x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 496.7 KiB
pipewire-libs x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 8.6 MiB
poppler x86_64 25.07.0-3.fc43 updates 3.8 MiB
poppler-data noarch 0.4.11-10.fc43 fedora 12.3 MiB
poppler-glib x86_64 25.07.0-3.fc43 updates 633.9 KiB
pulseaudio-libs x86_64 17.0-7.fc43 fedora 3.4 MiB
rtkit x86_64 0.11-69.fc43 fedora 138.1 KiB
sound-theme-freedesktop noarch 0.8-24.fc43 fedora 460.4 KiB
soxr x86_64 0.1.3-20.fc43 fedora 191.5 KiB
speex x86_64 1.2.0-20.fc43 fedora 128.5 KiB
spirv-tools-libs x86_64 2025.4-1.fc43 updates 5.8 MiB
srt-libs x86_64 1.5.4-4.fc43 fedora 993.8 KiB
totem-pl-parser x86_64 3.26.6-13.fc43 fedora 308.5 KiB
twolame-libs x86_64 0.4.0-8.fc43 fedora 165.5 KiB
uchardet x86_64 0.0.8-8.fc43 fedora 275.6 KiB
upower-libs x86_64 1.91.0-1.fc43 updates 178.8 KiB
vo-amrwbenc x86_64 0.1.3-23.fc43 fedora 153.9 KiB
webrtc-audio-processing x86_64 1.3-9.fc43 fedora 1.4 MiB
wireplumber x86_64 0.5.13-1.fc43 updates 426.6 KiB
wireplumber-libs x86_64 0.5.13-1.fc43 updates 1.3 MiB
xdg-desktop-portal x86_64 1.20.3-2.fc43 fedora 1.8 MiB
xevd-libs x86_64 0.5.0-5.fc43 fedora 367.9 KiB
xeve-libs x86_64 0.5.1-5.fc43 fedora 892.5 KiB
xprop x86_64 1.2.8-4.fc43 fedora 54.7 KiB
xvidcore x86_64 1.3.7-14.fc43 fedora 878.4 KiB
zeromq x86_64 4.3.5-22.fc43 fedora 894.1 KiB
zvbi x86_64 0.2.44-2.fc43 fedora 1.2 MiB
Installing weak dependencies:
dconf x86_64 0.49.0-1.fc43 fedora 307.5 KiB
exiv2 x86_64 0.28.6-2.fc43 fedora 12.2 MiB
intel-mediasdk x86_64 23.2.2-8.fc43 fedora 22.4 MiB
intel-vpl-gpu-rt x86_64 25.4.5-1.fc43 updates 11.7 MiB
libcamera-ipa x86_64 0.5.2-5.fc43 updates 682.7 KiB
libcanberra-gtk3 x86_64 0.30-38.fc43 fedora 70.7 KiB
localsearch x86_64 3.10.2-1.fc43 updates 3.4 MiB
low-memory-monitor x86_64 2.1-13.fc43 fedora 66.0 KiB
mesa-va-drivers x86_64 25.3.4-7.fc43 updates 115.0 B
openssh-askpass x86_64 10.0p1-6.fc43 updates 19.7 KiB
pipewire x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 432.1 KiB
pipewire-alsa x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 158.0 KiB
pipewire-jack-audio-connection-kit x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 30.0 B
pipewire-plugin-libcamera x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 146.5 KiB
pipewire-pulseaudio x86_64 1.4.10-1.fc43 updates 436.3 KiB
tinysparql x86_64 3.10.1-5.fc43 updates 2.5 MiB
upower x86_64 1.91.0-1.fc43 updates 303.7 KiB
usbmuxd x86_64 1.1.1^20240915git0b1b233-6.fc43 fedora 149.1 KiB
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk x86_64 1.15.3-2.fc43 fedora 473.3 KiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 164 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 120 MiB. Need to download 120 MiB.
After this operation, 442 MiB extra will be used (install 442 MiB, remove 0 B).
It’s on a headless home server - I don’t want gtk3, icons, mesa, pipewire etc… it should not be neccessary for a small cli tool.
So I looked at the pkg: fuse-sshfs-3.7.5-1.fc43 - Fedora Packages
Dependencies
Checked all three and they are already installed or just a few kb single download.
# dnf repoquery --requires fuse-sshfs
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
filesystem(unmerged-sbin-symlinks)
fuse3 >= 3.1.0
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.38)(64bit)
libfuse3.so.3()(64bit)
libfuse3.so.3(FUSE_3.0)(64bit)
libfuse3.so.3(FUSE_3.1)(64bit)
libfuse3.so.3(FUSE_3.2)(64bit)
libglib-2.0.so.0()(64bit)
openssh-clients
rtld(GNU_HASH)
Also fuse3: Installing: 1 package … Need to download 57 KiB. That’s not it.
Then wondered if something on my install is weird, but no, same in a fresh container:
docker run --rm -ti fedora:43 bash
[root@9498f838de3b /]# dnf install fuse-sshfs
[...]
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 262 packages
Upgrading: 5 packages
Replacing: 5 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 184 MiB. Need to download 184 MiB.
After this operation, 677 MiB extra will be used (install 680 MiB, remove 2 MiB).
Am I missing something? Doing something wrong?
Is this a bug? If so in sshfs packaging? Or dnf? How to figure the dependency chain out?
Deeply confused at this point.