On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 14:02 +0800, Bob wrote: > 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. [snip]
It comes down to the fact that imagemagick is built with support for the
X picture formats for flexibility. This requires the some X libs. Not
the WHOLE X binary setup, just some libraries. About 800K is all, vs
~100MB for minimal X.
To quote the file "/usr/share/doc/imagemagick/README.Debian"
5) We will not provide non-X11 binary package, because xlibs
package does not so big. If you really need non-X11 binary
package, you can build it without xlibs.
There in you get your answer.
And X11-common is a just that, to provide the needed locations and
skeleton files for the xlibs and a few minor libraries to function for
things like gd and imagemagick when built with xlibs support.
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