emerge getting a LOT of stuff I don't need

uzik · Apprentice Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Posts: 257

Good morning,

I'm setting up a small web server. I've deliberately NOT installed X and
a desktop on the box since I don't need those. I notice when I did
"emerge webalizer" to get a web traffic analyzer it starts fetching the
whole X windows package!

Is this a problem with the ebuild depedencies or is this really correct?
It calls out some dependency that tracks back to X, so it's trying to
install all of X windows for that one dependency?

I can't let it finish to find out since it fills my disk.

P.S. Devs: Can we check for disk space full in emerge?

handsomepete · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject:

That's most likely correct. Use Flag Howto might help. Try adding -X to your use flags. If worst comes to worst, you can always use the inject option for emerge to make the system think that it has X there (but some programs probably don't like being tricked into thinking they have X libraries to use).

A disk space check is a neat idea.

credmp · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:32 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Do a emerge -pv webalizer to see what package is requiring the X components.

Then just add -<package> to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf

USE="-X " (etc)

regards

bkhl · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 3:32 pm Post subject:

You probably need to check up on your USE flags. Check ebuilds that says they depend on X for the IUSE variable. That should give you an idea of what you need to disable.

My guess is it has something with TeX or PDF support to do.

uzik · Apprentice Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Posts: 257

That explains a lot, thanks!

My use variable only has the stuff I want. I didn't tell it the opposite,
what I don't want.

I went to the authors web site and just installed it the old fashioned way

I'm putting together my first ebuild so I wanted to make sure I understood it all.