Public bug reported: Binary package hint: libchart-gnuplot-perl
Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid libchart-gnuplot-perl version: 0.12-1 I'm running amd64 architecture, but suspect this happens elsewhere. After installing Chart::Gnuplot via apt-get, I noticed I had a big bunch of X-related packages installed. On a headless server these X-related packages are unnecessary, since I will never display anything on that server, but I'm only interested in generating plots from perl scripts run through apache CGI. The problem is that libchart-gnuplot-perl depends on gnuplot, which depends on Xorg, since it was assumed the person installing gnuplot would use it interactively, displaying and inspecting plots on a desktop. I uninstalled the perl module and gnuplot-x11 (leaving installed gnuplot-nox) and then proceeded to install Chart::Gnuplot via the cpan perl utility. The plots on the headless server are now being generated on the fly from my perl CGI script and I freed some MBs of space (every byte of server space has a price, better to be thrifty there). I would however prefer to keep installing and managing my perl modules via APT, since this way I can keep better track of upgrades and dependencies. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: libchart-gnuplot-perl (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jul 29 10:48:28 2010 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libchart-gnuplot-perl ** Affects: libchart-gnuplot-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: dependencies libchart-gnuplot-perl perl -- Chart::Gnuplot should not depend on gnuplot, but on gnuplot-nox or gnuplot-x11 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/611204 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs