Install the SD2-devel package dependencies?

[sphaero]

Just out of curiosity. When I want to install the headers for SDL2, why are there so many dependencies?

$ sudo xbps-install -Su SDL2-devel
[*] Updating repository `https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/x86_64-repodata' ...
[*] Updating repository `https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/multilib/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ...
[*] Updating repository `https://repo-default.voidlinux.org/current/nonfree/x86_64-repodata' ...

Name                    Action    Version           New version            Download size
alsa-lib                update    1.2.14_1          1.2.15.1_1             536KB 
alsa-lib-devel          install   -                 1.2.15.1_1             89KB 
expat-devel             install   -                 2.7.3_1                102KB 
dbus-devel              install   -                 1.16.2_2               219KB 
eudev-libudev-devel     install   -                 3.2.14_2               93KB 
libusb-compat           install   -                 0.1.8_1                9449B 
libusb-devel            install   -                 1.0.29_1               85KB 
libusb-compat-devel     install   -                 0.1.8_1                13KB 
fftw-devel              install   -                 3.3.10_3               1865KB 
libogg-devel            install   -                 1.3.6_1                203KB 
libvorbis-devel         install   -                 1.3.7_1                353KB 
libflac-devel           install   -                 1.5.0_1                78KB 
sqlite-devel            install   -                 3.50.4_1               936KB 
opus-devel              install   -                 1.6_1                  4086KB 
mpg123-devel            install   -                 1.33.3_1               50KB 
lame-devel              install   -                 3.100_2                178KB 
libsndfile-devel        install   -                 1.2.2_2                344KB 
libsamplerate-devel     install   -                 0.2.2_1                47KB 
libgbm-devel            install   -                 25.3.3_1               5551B 
libclc21                install   -                 21.1.7_1               15MB 
SPIRV-LLVM-Translator21 install   -                 21.1.1_1               1134KB 
clang21-headers         install   -                 21.1.7_1               2358KB 
libclang-cpp21          install   -                 21.1.7_1               15MB 
mesa-opencl             install   -                 25.3.3_1               10MB 
libpciaccess-devel      install   -                 0.18.1_1               5482B 
libdrm                  update    2.4.124_1         2.4.131_1              165KB 
libdrm-devel            install   -                 2.4.131_1              165KB 
xorgproto               install   -                 2025.1_1               288KB 
xtrans                  install   -                 1.6.0_1                43KB 
libXdmcp-devel          install   -                 1.1.5_1                12KB 
libXau-devel            install   -                 1.0.12_2               9599B 
libxcb-devel            install   -                 1.17.0_1               535KB 
libX11-devel            install   -                 1.8.12_2               1020KB 
libXext-devel           install   -                 1.3.6_1                57KB 
libglvnd-devel          install   -                 1.7.0_1                179KB 
MesaLib-devel           install   -                 25.3.3_1               27KB 
glu                     install   -                 9.0.3_1                161KB 
glu-devel               install   -                 9.0.3_1                4949B 
libXfixes-devel         install   -                 6.0.1_1                12KB 
libXi-devel             install   -                 1.8.2_2                113KB 
libXtst-devel           install   -                 1.2.5_2                27KB 
libasyncns-devel        install   -                 0.8_9                  14KB 
pulseaudio-devel        install   -                 16.1_2                 75KB 
pipewire-devel          install   -                 1.4.9_1                170KB 
sndio-devel             install   -                 1.10.0_1               13KB 
libxkbcommon-devel      install   -                 1.13.1_2               72KB 
libdecor-devel          install   -                 0.2.4_1                4821B 
libffi-devel            install   -                 3.3_2                  39KB 
wayland-devel           install   -                 1.24.0_1               102KB 
wayland-protocols       install   -                 1.47_1                 142KB 
libuuid-devel           install   -                 2.41.2_1               24KB 
libICE-devel            install   -                 1.1.2_1                89KB 
libSM-devel             install   -                 1.2.6_1                47KB 
libXrender-devel        install   -                 0.9.12_1               26KB 
libXcursor-devel        install   -                 1.2.3_2                34KB 
libXScrnSaver-devel     install   -                 1.2.4_1                11KB 
libXrandr-devel         install   -                 1.5.4_1                26KB 
Vulkan-Headers          install   -                 1.4.328.1_1            1928KB 
vulkan-loader-devel     install   -                 1.4.313.0_1            940B 
SDL2-devel              install   -                 2.32.10_1              1270KB 

Size to download:               60MB
Size required on disk:         282MB
Space available on disk:       393GB

It seems to me this isn't necessary, right?

[classabbyamp]

if you look at the pkg-config file for SDL2, it lists a number of libraries that need to be linked against

also, some of those are dependencies of dependencies