Anton, On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bris.ac.uk> wrote: > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 10:55:48 +0700 (ICT) > From: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nic...@cs.ait.ac.th> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: X client without X server > > Hi, > > Is there a way to install an X client without automatically install an > X server? > > On all my systems, I throw xterm and emacs, as the primary tools I use > for management, but the display is always remote, I never, ever, run X > on the machine, but still it install X server, fonts and a lot of > useless junk like xcalc. > > Is there a way to install xterm and only the libraries that are needed > to run xterm? > > TIA, > > Olivier > > I've been doing this for years. > What's the problem? > > Just install xterm, or whatever you need. > All the necessary libs will be pulled in, e.g.: > > $ pkg info -xd xterm > xterm-293: > xproto-7.0.24 > xextproto-7.2.1 > renderproto-0.11.1 > printproto-1.0.5 > libxcb-1.9.1 > libXrender-0.9.8 > libXpm-3.5.10 > libXp-1.0.2,1 > libXext-1.3.2,1 > libXdmcp-1.1.1 > libXau-1.0.8 > libX11-1.6.0,1 > libSM-1.2.1,1 > libICE-1.0.8,1 > kbproto-1.0.6 > libXt-1.1.4,1 > libXmu-1.1.1,1 > libXaw-1.0.11,2 > libXft-2.3.1 > fontconfig-2.9.0,1 > expat-2.0.1_2 > freetype2-2.4.12_1 > pkgconf-0.9.2_1 > pcre-8.33 > libpthread-stubs-0.3_3 > > Obviously xterm does not depend on xorg-server.
But for some reason, xorg-server gets installed too. And tons of fonts, and ... It could be emacs, or cvsup, these are the 3 X Window clients I install. Best regards, Olivier _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
