| Package | Level | Description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| libattica | Required | A library to access Open Collaboration Service providers | Required for Get Hot New Stuff. |
| Phonon >= 4.4.57 | Required | Phonon library | STRONGLY RECOMMENDED: Required for playing audio and video throughout KDE |
| BZip2 | Optional | A high-quality data compressor | Provides the ability to read and write bzip2 compressed data files in the filter kioslave. |
| libcanberra | Optional | libcanberra audio library | libcanberra is needed for audio setup GUI |
| Exiv2 | Optional | A library to access image metadata | Provides support for automatic rotation of JPEGs in the thumbnail kioslave |
| ALSA >= 1.0.14a | Optional | The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library | A current ALSA library is needed for dmix and virtual device listing |
| [ rpc library] | Optional | library routines for remote procedure calls | Needed to build the NFS kioslave |
| LZMA/XZ | Optional | A very high compression ratio data compressor | Provides the ability to read and write xz compressed data files. |
| libssh >= 0.4.0 | Optional | the SSH library with SFTP support | Needed to build the SFTP kioslave |
| NetworkManager headers | Optional | kded support to NetworkManager | Needed for kded's networkstatus module |
| [kdelibs Nepomuk] | Optional | Nepomuk Libraries | Required to build Nepomuk. |
| OpenEXR | Optional | API for accessing OpenEXR formatted images | Provides support for OpenEXR formatted images in the thumbnail kioslave |
| PulseAudio >= 0.9.16 | Optional | PulseAudio Audio Server | libpulse is needed for audio setup GUI |
| QCA2 >= 2.0.0 | Optional | Support for remote plasma widgets | |
| QNtrack | Optional | Network status tracking library | Provides data input for Solid network status |
| Samba | Optional | the SMB client library, a version with smbc_set_context() and smbc_option_set() | Needed to build the SMB kioslave |
| Shared desktop ontologies >= 0.8.52 | Optional | Desktop ontologies | Ontologies necessary for the Nepomuk semantic desktop. |
| OpenSLP | Optional | SLP (Service Location Protocol) implementation | Provides SLP support in the network:/ kioslave. |
| Soprano Raptor Parser | Optional | RDF parser plugin for Soprano | The Soprano raptor parser plugin is required to build the Nepomuk semantic desktop system. |
| Soprano Redland Backend | Optional | Redland storage backend for Soprano | The Soprano redland backend is required to build the Nepomuk semantic desktop system. |
| Soprano Virtuoso Backend | Optional | Virtuoso storage backend for Soprano | The Soprano Virtuoso backend is required to run the Nepomuk semantic desktop system. |
| Xine | Optional | Xine libraries | Needed to build the KCM for phonon's xine backend |
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