On 2026-07-21, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > i tried to install mpd on my OpenBSD 7.9 Server which failed after it tried > to install like houndrets of dependencies including Xorg (Which i don't have > and don't want on the server). That got me a bit by surprise as musicpd is a > background daemon that plays music, i am unsure which package exactly pulls > in all of Xorg but, but pretty sure that is highly optional.
At least FFmpeg, maybe others. So, optional, but not _highly_ optional if you want wide codec handling. > My use case is to stream music via httpd > (https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins.html#httpd), all it needs to do > is to decode/encode the music and stream it via HTTP, that should be possible > without an X-Server. > > I think it would be benefitial to have a -minimal or -nox package that can be > installed on servers as mpd is, in the end, a headless background daemon. Packages mostly assume that you have xbase installed, as a number of commonly used libraries (fontconfig/freetype) are found there. In general no_x11 packages are onl6ly added when the software runs in text or graphical mode depending on build options, not because of library dependencies. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
