qemu-system-x86 dependencies

[Fourhundred Thecat]

Hello,

I am trying to install qemu-system-x86 on Debian 12.

But through the dependency cascade, it wants to install sound
infrastructure with gstreamer libraries. Which leads to absurd
dependencies, such as:

  libasound2
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
  libopus0
  libwayland-server0
  libusb-1.0-0

Does this madness come from Debian distribution, or from upstream?

I am just trying to set up kvm/qemu to run virtual machines on a server.

thank you,