sudden onnxruntime dependency and likely explanation
Sitting on an older non-CUDA machine with old GeForce 106 card, changed 'nothing' and a usual pacman -Syu returns:
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 5 providers available for onnxruntime:
:: Repository extra
1) onnxruntime-cpu 2) onnxruntime-cuda 3) onnxruntime-opt-cuda 4) onnxruntime-opt-rocm
hnh? whutzat? ..don't do no CUDA nor neural-network nor "A.I." on this humble old box. here's my current best guess for what triggered it: firefox 152.0.4-1 has
Optional Deps : hunspell-en_US: Spell checking, American English [installed]
libnotify: Notification integration [installed]
...
onnxruntime: Local machine learning features such as smart tab groups
speech-dispatcher: Text-to-Speech
so here's my lame question, this is "optional" dependency but pacman is giving no obvious way to opt-out of it, nor clue which of the "5 providers" choice to choose (given that i really don't want any of them), any suggestions? just shrug and add option #1? Thank you!
Posted Jul 6, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC
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