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Are you asking if installing them will add the Gnome desktop environment?
Yes, i've seen on Reddit that people accidently do this, and I don't want to be one of those people :)
In that case, no. Like the other responder said, those are just some dependency packages.
Lots of software uses packages made by Gnome. These are simply dependencies for other software you're installing.
"Accidentally" install Gnome?
It's a thing where the Gnome desktop is installed as a dependency and shows up on the next boot: https://www.reddit.com/r/gotgnomed
The entire gnome DE as a dependency? I have no idea. What kind of software is doing that aside from the gnome desktop anyway?
It was gnome-shell extensions pulling in gnome desktop which kinda makes sense.
Yep. It's real, scores of noobs on the reddit subs sobbing about.
I believe protonvpn install was the usual culprit. I won't link to reddit but the /r/linuxmint sub has many posts
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=446923
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yes-getting-gnomed-is-a-thing
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suxMvUuFDMw