Why does DMD on Debian need xdg-utils

[flamencofantasy via Digitalmars-d]

DMD on debian depends on the xdg-utils package.

When I install xdg-utils I get many more packages (see bottom of 
message).

Is that really necessary?

Thanks.

# dpkg -i dmd_2.071.0-0_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package dmd.
(Reading database ... 18532 files and directories currently 
installed.)
Unpacking dmd (from dmd_2.071.0-0_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dmd:
  dmd depends on xdg-utils; however:
   Package xdg-utils is not installed.
dpkg: error processing dmd (--install):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
  dmd







# apt-get install xdg-utils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
   dbus fontconfig-config libcap2 libclass-isa-perl libdbus-1-3 
libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau1a libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 
libencode-locale-perl libexpat1 libffi5 libfile-basedir-perl 
libfile-desktopentry-perl libfile-listing-perl
   libfile-mimeinfo-perl libfont-afm-perl libfontconfig1 
libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx 
libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libhtml-form-perl 
libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl
   libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-daemon-perl 
libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl 
libice6 libio-socket-ip-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl 
liblwp-mediatypes-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl
   libmailtools-perl libnet-dbus-perl libnet-http-perl 
libnet-ssleay-perl libpciaccess0 libpcre3 libsm6 libsocket-perl 
libswitch-perl libsystemd-login0 libtie-ixhash-perl 
libtimedate-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl
   libx11-protocol-perl libx11-xcb1 libxaw7 libxcb-glx0 
libxcb-shape0 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 
libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml-parser-perl libxml-twig-perl 
libxml-xpathengine-perl libxml2 libxmu6 libxpm4
   libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 
libxxf86vm1 perl perl-modules sgml-base shared-mime-info 
ttf-dejavu-core ucf x11-common x11-utils x11-xserver-utils 
xml-core
Suggested packages:
   dbus-x11 libglide3 libdata-dump-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl 
libmime-base64-perl pciutils libauthen-ntlm-perl 
libunicode-map8-perl libunicode-string-perl xml-twig-tools 
perl-doc libterm-readline-gnu-perl libterm-readline-perl-perl make
   libpod-plainer-perl sgml-base-doc mesa-utils nickle cairo-5c 
xorg-docs-core gvfs-bin debhelper
The following NEW packages will be installed:
   dbus fontconfig-config libcap2 libclass-isa-perl libdbus-1-3 
libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau1a libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2 
libencode-locale-perl libexpat1 libffi5 libfile-basedir-perl 
libfile-desktopentry-perl libfile-listing-perl
   libfile-mimeinfo-perl libfont-afm-perl libfontconfig1 
libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx 
libglapi-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data libhtml-form-perl 
libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl
   libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-daemon-perl 
libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl 
libice6 libio-socket-ip-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl 
liblwp-mediatypes-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl
   libmailtools-perl libnet-dbus-perl libnet-http-perl 
libnet-ssleay-perl libpciaccess0 libpcre3 libsm6 libsocket-perl 
libswitch-perl libsystemd-login0 libtie-ixhash-perl 
libtimedate-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl
   libx11-protocol-perl libx11-xcb1 libxaw7 libxcb-glx0 
libxcb-shape0 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 
libxft2 libxi6 libxinerama1 libxml-parser-perl libxml-twig-perl 
libxml-xpathengine-perl libxml2 libxmu6 libxpm4
   libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxt6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxxf86dga1 
libxxf86vm1 perl perl-modules sgml-base shared-mime-info 
ttf-dejavu-core ucf x11-common x11-utils x11-xserver-utils 
xdg-utils xml-core
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