Q:

How can I install Rhythmbox in xubuntu without nautilus?

I notice that when I try to install rhythmbox in xubuntu 12.04, it seems to depend on gnome desktop and nautilus, neither of which I want.
sudo apt-get install rhythmbox
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10 gir1.2-peas-1.0
  gir1.2-rb-3.0 gnome-desktop3-data libdiscid0 libdmapsharing-3.0-2 libexempi3
  libgnome-desktop-3-2 libmusicbrainz3-6 libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common
  librhythmbox-core5 nautilus nautilus-sendto python-mako python-markupsafe
  rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
  rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins
Suggested packages:
  eog gnome-sushi pidgin gajim python-beaker python-mako-doc
  gnome-control-center
The following NEW packages will be installed
  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10 gir1.2-peas-1.0
  gir1.2-rb-3.0 gnome-desktop3-data libdiscid0 libdmapsharing-3.0-2 libexempi3
  libgnome-desktop-3-2 libmusicbrainz3-6 libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common
  librhythmbox-core5 nautilus nautilus-sendto python-mako python-markupsafe
  rhythmbox rhythmbox-data rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder
  rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins
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A:

You dont have to install all the recommended packages - it is these extra packages that have a gnome & nautilus dependency.
The following simulates an install on xubuntu 12.04 N.B. -s is the simulate parameter.
sudo apt-get -s --no-install-recommends install rhythmbox
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10 gir1.2-rb-3.0 libdiscid0 libgmime-2.6-0 libmusicbrainz3-6 libneon27-gnutls libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common
  libquvi-scripts libquvi7 librhythmbox-core5 libtotem-plparser17 media-player-info rhythmbox-data
Suggested packages:
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gnome-control-center
Recommended packages:
  rhythmbox-mozilla rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder rhythmbox-plugin-zeitgeist rhythmbox-plugins
The following NEW packages will be installed
  gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-0.10 gir1.2-gstreamer-0.10 gir1.2-rb-3.0 libdiscid0 libgmime-2.6-0 libmusicbrainz3-6 libneon27-gnutls libpeas-1.0-0 libpeas-common
  libquvi-scripts libquvi7 librhythmbox-core5 libtotem-plparser17 media-player-info rhythmbox rhythmbox-data

As you can see above, removing the recommended packages using --no-install-recommends as a parameter removes the gnome & nautilus packages.
Thus - install rhythmbox and its plugins minus gnome & nautilus:
sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install rhythmbox rhythmbox-plugins

