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From: Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it...
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:11:30
Message-Id: 20060329230637.GA6054@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Why is portage trying to pull in xorg when I don't use it... by Daevid Vincent
1 060329 Daevid Vincent wrote:
2 > I have a VMWare that I use for LAMP development.
3 > I have never put Xorg on it nor do I ever want X windows on it.
4 > Recently, when I do an 'emerge -Davut world', I see this:
5 -- snip --
6 > [ebuild U ] www-client/links-2.1_pre20 [2.1_pre19] -X -directfb -fbcon
7 > +gpm -javascript +jpeg -livecd +png +sdl +ssl -svga +tiff -unicode 3,768 kB
8 -- snip --
9 > [ebuild N ] x11-terms/xterm-207 -Xaw3d -doc -toolbar +truetype -unicode
10 > 727 kB
11 > What is trying to bring in all those NEW x11 packages?
12 > How can I prevent this annoyance?
13
14 It's clearer if you do 'emerge -etp links', which requires all the GUI stuff:
15 'emerge -C links && emerge lynx' should solve your problem.
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