# Problem removing "avahi" via PAKFIRE

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787>\
**Category:** Add-Ons\
**Created:** [29 December 2023 18:03 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787 "2023-12-29T18:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![softfoot1](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/softfoot1/32/12677_2.png) [@softfoot1](https://community.ipfire.org/u/softfoot1)\
**Post date:** [29 December 2023 18:03 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787/1 "2023-12-29T18:03:08Z")

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At some point in the past I seem to have added avahi via pakfire but I dont really need it so I removed it.

Now every time I boot the system I see “windbindd”, “cupssd”, “nmbd”, and “smbd” all reporting missing libraries either libavahi-common or libavahi-client !!

Re-adding avahi corrects this - is there a way around this or am I stuck with avahi ???

Dave

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**Author:** ![bonnietwin](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/bonnietwin/32/12350_2.png) [@bonnietwin](https://community.ipfire.org/u/bonnietwin)\
**Post date:** [29 December 2023 19:05 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787/2 "2023-12-29T19:05:01Z")

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That looks like you have samba installed and that requires avahi to be installed. Avahi is also a dependency if you have cups installed for printing.  
Leave it in place.

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**Author:** ![pike\_it](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/pike_it/32/16425_2.png) [@pike\_it](https://community.ipfire.org/u/pike_it)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2023 01:32 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787/3 "2023-12-30T01:32:50Z")

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Do the addon description explicit dependancy of other addons?

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**Author:** ![softfoot1](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/softfoot1/32/12677_2.png) [@softfoot1](https://community.ipfire.org/u/softfoot1)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2023 01:36 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/problem-removing-avahi-via-pakfire/10787/4 "2023-12-30T01:36:21Z")

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Ahh that explains it - many thanks,

Dave