On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 16:40 -0500, Lance Jacobs wrote: > I am trying to install wordpress on a machine that will become a server > in a rack in a datacenter, so it does not need (nor do I want) X11 on > it. Right now, emerge is happy: [snip] > If I try to install wordpress, it wants to bring xterm, and therefore > X11, with it: > > [gromit ~ #] emerge -uDptv wordpress
hang on, that's "upgrading" wordpress, not installing it. Try either $ emerge -pvt wordpress or $ emerge -uDptv world without wordpress, to see just where the xterm dep is coming in... > These are the packages that I would merge, in reverse order: > Calculating dependencies ...done! > [ebuild N ] www-apps/wordpress-2.0.1 +vhosts 0 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar +truetype > -unicode 0 kB It appears xterm isn't a dep of wordpress, but emerge is just trying to install it anyway. If you're building a server, try setting your use flags to "-X -gnome -kde -qt -gtk" etc, and try again. > If I install wordpress without the -D option, any subsequent emerge with > the -D option then wants to pull in xterm and all of that other stuff. absolutely. Leaving out -D isn't a fix, just a workaround... > Looking at the wordpress ebuild file, I do not see any reason for it to > have a dependency on xterm. I'm probably missing something simple, but > I just don't see it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I didn't see it either. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iain at netspace dot net dot au> Some people say a front-engine car handles best. Some people say a rear-engine car handles best. I say a rented car handles best. -- P.J. O'Rourke -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list