From: steve@einval.com 
  
 Hi Mahdi, 
  
 Apologies for the delayed response - it's been a very busy week... 
  
 You'd be better off askjing this question on the debian-live list; 
 forwarding there. 
  
 On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 05:22:32AM +0330, Mahdi Firouzjah wrote: 
 >Hello Debian Images Team, 
 > 
 >I am using the Debian KDE Plasma live image and noticed that it installs a 
 >large number of additional packages, many of which seem to be related to 
 >various human languages (e.g., Chinese, Korean, Japanese). 
 > 
 >Out of curiosity, I checked the Debian Wiki page for KDE and found that 
 there 
 >are four meta-packages available in the Debian repositories for installing 
 KDE 
 >Plasma, each with its own set of dependencies. However, when I reviewed the 
 >dependency lists of these meta-packages, I could not find all those 
 additional 
 >language-related packages listed there. 
 > 
 >I would like to understand: 
 > 
 >1. Where are these additional packages (especially the language-related 
 ones) 
 >defined or listed for the live image build? 
 > 
 > 
 >2. Why are they included by default in the KDE Plasma live image? 
 > 
 > 
 >3. How can I prevent their installation if I want a simple, single-language 
 >(English-only) KDE Plasma desktop? 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 >My goal is to have a minimal KDE Plasma setup without unnecessary language 
 >support packages. 
 > 
 >Thank you for your time and clarification. 
 > 
 >Best regards, 
 >Mahdi 
 > 
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