I use Gallery2 and although I install that by hand I use apt to install
all it's prerequisites, in sarge I'd run (removing the -s when I'm happy)
apt-get install -s -V apache php4 mysql-server-4.1 netpbm ffmpeg dcraw
jhead zip unzip php4-mysql php4-gd imagemagick
and I'm updating that command for etch so now I'll run
apt-get install -s -V apache php5 mysql-server-5.0 netpbm ffmpeg dcraw
jhead zip unzip php5-mysql php5-gd imagemagick libapache-mod-php5
(I like apache 1) but I saw in the dependencies x11-common which is
being pulled in by libx11-6 which on etch is depended upon by php5-gd &
imagemagick, since this is a headless machine I wasn't planning on
installing any X stuff at all.
At first I thought they'd just be some font libraries or something
useful that it didn't make sense to replicate but on reading up the
package descriptions
x11-common contains the filesystem infrastructure required for further
installation of the X Window System in any configuration; it does not
provide a full installation of clients, servers, libraries, and
utilities required to run the X Window System.
libx11-6: This package provides the main client interface to the X
Window System, and is otherwise known as 'Xlib'. It provides a complete
API for the basic functions of the window system.
It appears I'm getting rather more X than I bargained for, I had a look
at Sarge and php4-gd and ffmpeg both depend on libx11-6 (though
interestingly imagemagick not) so you still got xfree86-common but I
didn't spot it last time round.
Why do these programs depend on Xlib, is that a problem, is there
anything I can do about it, or should I just shut up and get on with it?
I'm just curious as I'm thinking about trying to retire my dedicated web
server and run it on my firewall (yes I know but I've got 3 soon to be 4
PCs on 24/7 in my house and it madness, I probably won't go through with
it anyway but I'd like to know how and why) so I'm doing a bit of a
security audit.
Thanks
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