On 10/18/06, Jeff Spitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I just installed fink. The very first package I tried to install > was svn, which apparently requires X11. This is so incredibly stupid that > it gives me the urge to uninstall fink immediately. >
Go for it. We're not stopping you. > Note 'xfree86 xfree86-shlibs' at the end of the package list. Idiots. > > Insults are a -really- good way to get help or to make a persuasive argument...NOT > <snip> > The following package will be installed or updated: > svn > The following 58 additional packages will be installed: > apr apr-common apr-shlibs autoconf automake1.9 daemonic db42-ssl > db42-ssl-shlibs db43 > db43-shlibs gdbm gdbm-shlibs gdbm3 gdbm3-shlibs gettext-dev glib glib-shlibs > gmp gmp-shlibs > guile guile-dev guile-shlibs io-string-pm libgmpxx4-shlibs libmpfr1 > libmpfr1-shlibs > libtool14 libtool14-shlibs libxml2 libxml2-bin libxml2-shlibs m4 ncurses-dev > neon24 > neon24-shlibs pkgconfig python python24 python24-shlibs python24-socket > readline > readline-shlibs readline5 readline5-shlibs ruby ruby18 ruby18-dev > ruby18-shlibs svn-shlibs > swig swig-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs texi2html texinfo xfree86 > xfree86-shlibs > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n > Failed: Package requirements not satisfied > > OK, troll-boy. Let's get one thing straight here--svn has an incredibly nasty build process and has umpteen dependencies to _build_ it. Some of these, like python24 and tcltk, need X11. That's how it is. Once the package is built and installed you're absolutely free to uninstall anything that it doesn't need. Most of these are _build_ rather than runtime dependencies. And why would you think we'd make people install -anything- that wasn't necessary, especially X11? Get real! If you were to install the version from the binary distribution, you'd find a much leaner list of packages. Here's what shows up for my already-built svn-1.4.0-11 on 10.4/unstable in a clean Fink environment: The following package will be installed or updated: svn The following 12 additional packages will be installed: cyrus-sasl2-shlibs daemonic db44-aes-shlibs expat-shlibs libapr0-shlibs libaprutil0-shlibs libxml2-bin libxml2-shlibs neon25-shlibs openldap23-shlibs readline5-shlibs svn-shlibs See. The runtime depends -don't- include X11. Install packages to build, then remove them once they're not needed. That's how building from source works. I hope I'm not insulting your intelligence. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter (still) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
