Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:09:15 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dedicated Servers and XFree86 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19991003040915.00a6fa20@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <37F6E3F6.C8119977@dreamfire.net>
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At 10:04 PM 10/2/99 -0700, Sean-Paul Rees wrote: >I was attempting to install PostgreSQL on a server today, and it >requires TK8.0. TK requires X. This particular server runs headless, >keyboardless, and is controlled 100% by remote. I'd rather not have X >installed, to save diskspace and any present/future security holes it >may open. > >How do I get the software I want, without having to install X; or is X >pretty much a necessity? Might get away with just installing the libs from CD. Worked in the past for other ports that require X (like vim), but you all of X was not required. Or you could make, but not install, X and find what is required. Would be nice if one could build and install only the libs from the port. Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net Systems/Network Administrator FreeBSD - the power to serve '86 Yamaha MaxiumX (not FBSD powered) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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